 For whatever reason this manifestly unsatisfactory state of affairs was resolved from 1 July 1864 when the NBR and the Caledonian had buried enough hatchets to run Silloth and Port Carlisle trains to and from Citadel, allowing both Carlisle Canal and Port Carlisle Junction stations to close to passengers.Canal station became a goods station and remained so for years.It appears in Engineers' Line Reference data as "Canal goods depot".