Copeland Railway Statistics

There are fourteen railway stations in Copeland.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Whitehaven 254,960
  2. 2 Millom 173,806
  3. 3 Sellafield 145,116
  4. 4 St Bees 79,482
  5. 5 Corkickle 54,254
  6. 6 Seascale 44,096
  7. 7 Ravenglass for Eskdale 37,818
  8. 8 Bootle 11,998
  9. 9 Parton 8,450
  10. 10 Silecroft 8,270

Least Used Stations

The five Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Nethertown 1,030
  2. 2 Braystones 1,532
  3. 3 Drigg 5,448
  4. 4 Green Road 7,050
  5. 5 Silecroft 8,270

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for Silecroft peaked during 2009-10 with 1,040,174 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 27% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 0% by 2024.

Passenger Estimates for Silecroft table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-98695,765
1998-99678,097
1999-00675,341
2000-01831,957
2001-02630,850
2002-03709,151
2003-04 
2004-05696,560
2005-06766,810
2006-07804,225
2007-08993,844
2008-09592,818
2009-101,040,174
2010-11915,424
2011-12894,648
2012-13903,376
2013-14896,252
2014-15952,076
2015-16952,076
2016-17861,492
2017-18833,894
2018-19890,240
2019-201,039,104
2020-21285,338
2021-22729,814
2022-23788,268
2023-24