Cark & Cartmel railway station

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Cark & Cartmel
Location in South Lakeland, Cumbria
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Cark & Cartmel
Location in Cumbria, England
Cark & Cartmel
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General information
Location Cark, Westmorland and Furness
England
Coordinates 54°10′41″N2°58′26″W / 54.1779678°N 2.9740018°W / 54.1779678; -2.9740018
Grid reference SD365762
Owned by Network Rail
Managed by Northern Trains
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeCAK
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 September 1857Opened
Passengers
2019/20Increase2.svg 82,828
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Cark & Cartmel is a railway station on the Furness line, which runs between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster. The station, situated 15+14 miles (25 km) north-east of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the villages of Allithwaite, Cark, Cartmel and Flookburgh in Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

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History

The station is architecturally interesting, with buildings constructed by the Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway. The station opened on 1 September 1857 as Cark-in-Cartmell. The station was then renamed a number of times, including Cark, Cark and Cartmel and Cark-in-Cartmel, with the current name adopted on 13 May 1984. [1]

The Furness Railway took over the Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway on 21 January 1862. It was later absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on 1 January 1923.

The station had a particular importance, as it serves Holker Hall, the home of Lord Cavendish of Furness formerly belonging to the Dukes of Devonshire. Special waiting rooms were provided for the dukes and their guests. The actual building retains many original features and is now a private residence. It extends to approximately one acre of gardens and woodland.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed but has been provided with ticket machines to allow intending travellers to buy tickets prior to travel. There are shelters and digital information screens on each platform, along with a long-line PA system for train running information provision. The platforms are linked by a footbridge, but step-free access is also available on each side for disabled travellers. [2]

Service

Northern Trains
Route 6
Cumbrian Coast, Furness
& Windermere lines
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Carlisle
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Dalston
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Wigton
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Aspatria
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Maryport
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Flimby
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Workington
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Harrington
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Parton
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Whitehaven
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Corkickle
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St Bees
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Nethertown
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Braystones
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Sellafield
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Seascale
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Drigg
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Ravenglass
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Bootle
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Silecroft
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Millom
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Green Road
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Foxfield
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Kirkby-in-Furness
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Askam
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Barrow-in-Furness
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Roose
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Dalton
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Ulverston
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Cark & Cartmel
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Kents Bank
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Grange-over-Sands
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Arnside
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Silverdale
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Carnforth
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Windermere
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Staveley
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Burneside
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Kendal
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Oxenholme Lake District
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Lancaster
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Preston
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Chorley
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Bolton
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Deansgate
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Manchester Oxford Road
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Manchester Piccadilly
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Manchester Airport
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Braystones & Nethertown
are request stops.

The station is on the Furness line linking Lancaster and Barrow (though some services extend south to Preston or north east to Carlisle). The station receives a roughly hourly service to Barrow-in-Furness, with a limited number of services continuing to Carlisle via Whitehaven.

There is also a roughly hourly service towards Lancaster, with a limited number of services continuing to Preston. A number of services continue through to Manchester Airport. These were formerly operated by First TransPennine Express up until the end of the old Northern and TransPennine franchises on 31 March 2016. Sundays see an hourly service each way (with some longer gaps). [3]

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References

  1. Quick, Michael (2009). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology. Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 114. ISBN   978-0901461575.
  2. Cark and Cartmel Station Information National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 25 November 2016
  3. Table 100 National Rail timetable, MAy 2023
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Ulverston   Northern Trains
Furness line
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   Grange-over-Sands
  Historical railways  
Grange-over-Sands   Furness Railway   Kents Bank