Arnside railway station
Arnside Northern Trains | |
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Platforms | 2 |
Tracks | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | ARN |
Classification | DfT category F2 |
History | |
Original company | Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway |
Pre-grouping | Furness Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (London Midland Region) |
Key dates | |
1 August 1858 | Opened |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 96,348 |
2019/20 | 0.115 million |
2020/21 | 28,764 |
2021/22 | 0.100 million |
2022/23 | 91,330 |
Location | |
Location in South Lakeland, Cumbria Location in Cumbria, England | |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Arnside is a railway station on the Furness Line, which runs between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster. The station, situated 12+1⁄4 miles (20 km) north-west of Lancaster, serves the village of Arnside in Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
A short distance west of the station, the railway crosses the
History
Opened on 1 August 1858 by the
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Rail.
A short
Facilities
Whilst one building remains at the station, it is not in railway use. Shelters are provided for passengers on both platforms, but the only link between them is via a footbridge with stairs (no step-free access).[3] Digital information screens, customer help points, timetable posters and automated announcements provide train running details. As the station is unstaffed, tickets can only be bought from the ticket machine or on the train.
Services
Northern Trains Route 6 |
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Cumbrian Coast, Furness
and Windermere Lines |
Bootle, Braystones, Drigg, Flimby, Green Road,
Kirkby-in-Furness, Nethertown, Parton and Silecroft are request stops. |
It is served by stopping trains between
References
- ^ Visit Cumbria - Arnside station Archived July 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Accessed 28 October 2008
- ISBN 0-7153-8003-6; p.104
- ^ Arnside Station Details Northern Station Pages; Retrieved 25 November 2016
- ^ Table 100 National Rail timetable, May 2023
Sources
- OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. OCLC 228266687.
- Station on navigable Ordnance Survey map
External links
- Media related to Arnside railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Train times and station information for Arnside railway station from National Rail
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Grange-over-Sands | Northern Trains Cumbria–Manchester Airport |
Carnforth | ||
Silverdale | ||||
Grange-over-Sands | Furness Line
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Silverdale | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Grange-over-Sands | Hincaster Branch
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Sandside |