Langwathby railway station
Langwathby  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Langwathby |
| Local authority | Eden |
| Grid reference | NY573334 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | LGW |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |
 24,994 |
| 2011/12 |
26,642 |
| 2012/13 |
 24,752 |
| 2013/14 |
24,350 |
| 2014/15 |
22,832 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Langwathby from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Langwathby railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Langwathby in Cumbria, England. It is operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services.
History
The station was built by the Midland Railway and opened in 1876. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders.[1] It closed when local stopping trains over the Settle-Carlisle Line were withdrawn in May 1970, but was reopened by British Rail in July 1986.
Facilities
The Carlisle-bound (down) station building has been converted into the Brief Encounter Tea Rooms and an antique shop. An enclosed bus-shelter style waiting room has been provided at the Carlisle end of the platform (a stone shelter is also present on the Leeds-bound platform). Step-free access is available to both platforms via ramps from the road below. Tickets must be purchased in advance or on the train, as no ticket office or machines are available (the station being unstaffed). Train running information is available via timetable posters or telephone.
The relatively high usage passenger figures for the station may be explained by its proximity (5¾ miles) to Penrith.
Accidents and incidents
- On 6 March 1930, a passenger train departed from Culgaith station against signals and was in collision with a ballast train. Two people were killed and four were seriously injured.[2]
Services
Six trains in each direction call at Langwathby on weekdays and three trains in each direction on Sundays. The station is also served by a single DalesRail train from Preston & Blackpool North to Carlisle (and return) on Sundays during the summer months.[3]
Services through to Carlisle have been suspended since 9 February 2016 by a landslip at Eden Brow (near Armathwaite), which has destabilised the embankment on the eastern side of the railway where it passes through the Eden Gorge. An emergency timetable is in operation, with trains only operating as far as Armathwaite (with a bus link to Carlisle) northbound & Appleby southbound until repairs are completed in the spring of 2017.[4]
References
- ↑ "Notes by the Way.". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 1 November 1884. Retrieved 12 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Hall, Stanley (1990). The Railway Detectives. London: Ian Allan. p. 95. ISBN 0 7110 1929 0.
- ↑ GB National Rail Timetable May- December 2016; Table 42
- ↑ Landslip-hit Settle-to-Carlisle line section shut until 2017BBC News; Retrieved 7 July 2016
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Langwathby railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Langwathby railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Appleby | Northern Settle-Carlisle Line |
Lazonby & Kirkoswald | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Culgaith | Midland Railway Settle-Carlisle Railway |
Little Salkeld | ||
Coordinates: 54°41′38″N 2°39′50″W / 54.694°N 2.664°W