Millom railway station

Millom
General information
Location	Millom, Cumberland England
Coordinates	54°12′40″N 3°16′14″W
Grid reference	SD171801
Owner	Network Rail
Manager	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	MLM
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Original company	Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Furness Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (London Midland Region)
Key dates
1 November 1850	Opened as Holborn Hill
1 August 1866	Renamed Millom for Holborn Hill
1893/1894	Renamed Millom
Passengers
2020/21	78,216
2021/22	0.164 million
2022/23	0.168 million
2023/24	0.174 million
2024/25	0.187 million
Location Millom Location within the former Borough of Copeland Millom Location within Cumbria
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Millom is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. The station, situated 16 miles (26 km) north-west of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the town of Millom in Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

History

It was originally opened by the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway on 1 November 1850 as Holborn Hill. The station's name was changed to Millom for Holborn Hill on 1 August 1866, and Millom during the 1890s.

Until 1968, there was a short goods-only branch from here to the ironworks at Hodbarrow. This was abandoned after the works closed but the disused trackbed can still be seen from passing trains, whilst the old works site is now a nature reserve.

Facilities

The booking office operates on a part-time basis; outside these times tickets can be purchased from a ticket machine on the southern side. Information screens and posters provide train running details for passengers. Both platforms have separate step-free access and are linked via a footbridge.

The station buildings also house Millom Heritage Museum And Visitor Centre (which runs the rail ticket office), which operates independently of Northern Trains.

Services

Northern Trains Route 6
Cumbrian Coast, Furness & Windermere lines
Carlisle Dalston Wigton Aspatria Maryport Flimby Workington Harrington Parton Whitehaven Corkickle St Bees Nethertown Braystones Sellafield Seascale Drigg Ravenglass Bootle Silecroft Millom Green Road Foxfield Kirkby-in-Furness Askam Barrow-in-Furness Roose Dalton Ulverston Cark & Cartmel Kents Bank Grange-over-Sands Arnside Silverdale Carnforth Windermere Staveley Burneside Kendal Oxenholme Lake District Lancaster Preston Chorley Bolton Deansgate Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Airport

Monday to Saturdays, there is generally an hourly service southbound to Barrow-in-Furness and northbound to Carlisle (one terminates at Sellafield) - however there is no service northbound after 21:00, with the last few trains from Barrow terminating here. Some services extend from Barrow along the Furness Line to Lancaster and Preston.

Northern introduced a Sunday service from the station (for the first time since 1976) from the summer 2018 timetable change. This runs broadly hourly from mid-morning until early evening.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Silecroft		Northern Trains Cumbrian Coast Line		Green Road
	Historical railways
Silecroft		Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway		Green Road

Bibliography

• Marshall, Geoff; Pipe, Vicki (2018). The Railway Adventures: Places, Trains, People and Stations. September Publishing. ISBN 978-1910463871.

External links

• Media related to Millom railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Train times and station information for Millom railway station from National Rail