Green Road railway station

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Green Road
Location in Copeland, Cumbria
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Green Road
Location in Cumbria, England
Green Road
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General information
Location Millom Without, Cumberland
England
Coordinates 54°14′40″N3°14′43″W / 54.2444234°N 3.2453885°W / 54.2444234; -3.2453885
Grid reference SD189839
Owned by Network Rail
Managed by Northern Trains
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeGNR
Classification DfT category F2
History
Original company Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Furness Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Rail (London Midland Region)
Key dates
1 November 1850Opened
Passengers
2019/20Increase2.svg 8,878
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Green Road is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. The station, situated 13+12 miles (22 km) north-west of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the civil parish of Millom Without in Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

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Green Road has been adopted since 1981 and is currently a member of Northern Trains' station adoption scheme. The station has won a number of awards for its gardens. [1]

Facilities

The station is not staffed but has now been provided with a ticket vending machine (card only) to allow intending travellers to buy tickets before boarding. The brick main building is not in public use, but there are waiting shelters on each side. Step-free access to both platforms is via ramps from the road that crosses the railway here (the automated level crossing is immediately to the south of the station). [2] Train running information is provided by posters, digital display screens and telephone.

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is a roughly hourly service each way, southbound to Barrow-in-Furness and northbound to Millom. Most daytime northbound trains continue to Whitehaven and Carlisle. [3]

A Sunday service was introduced at the May 2018 timetable change – this runs hourly from mid-morning until the evening (though certain trains only run as far as Millom). This is the first such service on the Coast line for more than forty years.

References

  1. "Places to Visit - Green Road". Cumbrian Coast Line. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  2. "Green Road Station facilities". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  3. Table 100 National Rail timetable, December 2019
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Millom   Northern Trains
Cumbrian Coast line
  Foxfield
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Millom   Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway   Foxfield