Wigton railway station
Wigton railway station is a railway station serving the market town of Wigton in Cumbria, England. It is on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Wigton, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “WGT”, “Wigton Railway Station”, and “Wigton Station”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Mary and The Nelson Thomlinson School.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 2,200 feet southeast of Wigton railway station.
The Nelson Thomlinson School
School
The Nelson Thomlinson School is an 11–18 comprehensive coeducational secondary school with a sixth form in the market town of Wigton, Cumbria, England. The Nelson Thomlinson School is situated 3,200 feet southeast of Wigton railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wigton and Aikhead.
Wigton
Town
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wigton is a market town in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It lies just outside the Lake District. Wigton is at the centre of the Solway Plain, between the Caldbeck Fells and the Solway coast.
Aikhead
Locality
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aikhead is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, within the Lake District. It is about one and a half miles northwest of Wigton, and is in the civil parish of Woodside. The hamlet was the residence of John Rooke, an English geologist.
Oulton
Village
Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oulton is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Woodside, near the small town of Wigton, in the Cumberland district of the county of Cumbria, England.
Wigton railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Wigton, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.82912° or 54° 49′ 45″ northLongitude
-3.16429° or 3° 9′ 51″ westElevation
75 feet (23 metres)Operator
Northern TrainsNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“WGT”Open location code
9C6RRRHP+J7OpenStreetMap ID
node 486585551OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
6953900Wikidata ID
Q2251503
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Wigton railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Wigton”
- Dutch: “Station Wigton”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة ويجتون”
- French: “gare de Wigton”
- French: “Wigton”
- Urdu: “وگٹن ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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