Cark and Cartmel railway station

Cark Cark and Cartmel
Location	Cark, South Lakeland England
Coordinates	54°10′41″N2°58′26″W / 54.1779678°N 2.9740018°W / 54.1779678; -2.9740018 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
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	CAK
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 1857	Opened
Passengers
2015/16	76,448
2016/17	75,790
2017/18	76,572
2018/19	71,234
2019/20	82,828
Location
Cark Location in South Lakeland, Cumbria Show map of South Lakeland Cark Location in Cumbria, England Show map of Cumbria
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Cark (also known as Cark and Cartmel) is a railway station on the Furness Line, which runs between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster. The station, situated 15+1⁄4 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.

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

Route 6
v t e
Cumbrian Coast, Furness and Windermere Lines
Carlisle Dalston Wigton Aspatria Maryport Flimby Workington Harrington Parton Whitehaven Corkickle St Bees Nethertown Braystones Sellafield Seascale Drigg Ravenglass Bootle Silecroft Millom Green Road Foxfield Kirkby-in-Furness Askam Barrow-in-Furness Roose Dalton Ulverston Cark and Cartmel Kents Bank Grange-over-Sands Arnside Silverdale Carnforth Windermere Staveley Burneside Kendal Oxenholme Lake District Lancaster Preston Wigan North Western Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Piccadilly Mauldeth Road Burnage East Didsbury Gatley Heald Green Manchester Airport
Bootle, Braystones, Drigg, Flimby, Green Road, Kirkby-in-Furness, Nethertown, Parton and Silecroft 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]

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 82 National Rail timetable, December 2019

External links

• Cumbria portal

• Media related to Cark and Cartmel railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Train times and station information for Cark and Cartmel railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ulverston		Northern Trains Cumbria–Manchester Airport		Kents Bank
				Grange-over-Sands
Ulverston		Northern Trains Furness Line		Kents Bank
	Historical railways
Grange-over-Sands		Furness Railway		Kents Bank