Oxenholme Lake District railway station

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Oxenholme Lake District
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An Avanti West Coast Class 390 and a Northern Trains Class 195, looking south
General information
Location Oxenholme, Westmorland and Furness
England
Coordinates 54°18′18″N2°43′19″W / 54.305°N 2.722°W / 54.305; -2.722
Grid reference SD531901
Managed by Avanti West Coast
Platforms3
Other information
Station codeOXN
Classification DfT category D
History
Original company Lancaster and Carlisle Railway [1]
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
July 1847Opened as Kendal Junction [1]
c. 1860Renamed Oxenholme [1]
1988Renamed Oxenholme The Lake District [1]
Passengers
2019/20Increase2.svg 0.658 million
 Interchange Increase2.svg 0.239 million

The station is served by three train operating companies:

Preceding station  National Rail logo.svg National Rail  Following station
Avanti West Coast
TransPennine Express
TransPennine Express
Kendal   Northern Trains
Windermere branch line
 Terminus
  Northern Trains
WindermereManchester Airport
  Lancaster

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
  2. 1 2 "Station Information: Oxenholme Lake District (OXN)". National Rail Enquiries. 2 December 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
  3. Christina Hardyment Arthur Ransome and Capt. Flint's Trunk, Jonathan Cape 1984
  4. Deborah Kuiper (28 December 2007). "Hero PC dies". Hexham Courant. Retrieved 15 March 2008.[ dead link ]
  5. "Life sentence for train murder of student". The Guardian. 11 October 2006. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
  6. "How Cumbria rail crash unfolded". BBC News. 24 February 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
  7. "Avanti passengers locked in Oxenholme station after late train". BBC News. 17 August 2022.
  8. "Inquiry after Avanti passengers have to scale two-metre spiked fence to leave station". The Guardian. 18 August 2022.
  9. "Scheduled timetable book for 11 December 2022 to 20 May 2023" (PDF). Avanti West Coast.
  10. "Scheduled timetable book for 21 May 2023 to 9 December 2023" (PDF). Avanti West Coast.
  11. GB National Rail Timetable May 2017 Edition, Tables 65, 82 & 83 (Network Rail)