Its main purpose is to serve the adjoining camp site.

The tank continued to be used by the 15 inch gauge railway into the preservation era, although it has now fallen into disuse.

[citation needed] During the high season, it may be staffed by volunteers from the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway, who sell tickets from the shelter and act as station masters and is about 5 miles (8 km) from Ravenglass and 1+1⁄2 miles (2 km) from Dalegarth.

[citation needed] Due to the railway station being on a public footpath, which is not accessible to the disabled, wheelchair users are not permitted to alight here.

This article on a railway station in North West England is a stub.