Dalston station is the last station on the Cumbrian Coast Line before Carlisle, but we ended up spending quite a while there as the first train we intended to catch simply failed to turn up...
On the south side of the line, the entrance to Dalston station is via a passage next to a big industrial building;
The entrance leads on to platform 1 between the industrial building and a brick shelter:
Looking along platform 1 from the western end of the platform:
A footbridge joins the two platforms:
An old building sits on platform 1 next to the industrial building:
From the footbridge, looking east:
Looking west from the footbridge:
On platform 2 looking west towards the footbridge:
From the western end of platform 2, looking east along the platform:
Half way along platform 2 is a station building:
A side view of the station building:
At the western end of platform 2 is a small ramped exit:
East of the station is a bridge and ground frame:
On leaving the station by the platform 1 exit again, I passed this siding:
A road (called Hailway Cottages) leads up and over the railway line. From the road bridge looking west at the station:
The bridge gives a good view of the platform 1 buildings:
Looking east along the line from the other side of the bridge:
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