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Black Dyke Halt railway station
Black Dyke Halt or Blackdyke was a railway station near Blackdyke, Cumbria on the Silloth branch, serving the small hamlet of Black Dyke and its rural district. In its early days trains called on Saturdays only (Market Day), being upgraded some years later. The station closed on 7 September 1964. with the line to Silloth as part of the Beeching cuts.
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Blackdyke
Blackdyke is a hamlet in the civil parish of Holme Low in Cumbria, England. It is located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) by road to the east of Silloth. A railway station existed at Blackdyke Halt on the line to Silloth until 1964.
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Causewayhead
Causewayhead is a hamlet in the civil parish of Holme Low in Cumbria, England, about 1 mile (2 km) south-east of Silloth. The B5302 road runs through the hamlet on its way to Abbeytown and Wigton.
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Causewayhead railway station
Causewayhead or, originally, Causey Head, was an early, short lived railway station near Causewayhead, Cumbria on the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company's branch from Carlisle to Silloth
The station served the small hamlet of Causewayhead and its rural surrounds.
Its timetable entries show trains calling on Saturdays Only. It only appeared in public timetables from November 1856 to April 1859. The 18 September 1856 entry in a contemporary journal states that "[locomotives]...generally call at Causeway Head to quench the thirst of the Steam Horse. They pump the water out of the beck."
By 1866 no trace of a station could be seen on OS maps, though a building – almost certainly the crossing keeper's cottage - is clear. It is possible that this was a "use it or lose it" stopping place where no platforms were built.
The level crossing required the services of a crossing keeper until the line closed in 1964.