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Cark & Cartmel railway station

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Cark & Cartmel
General information
Location	Cark, South Lakeland England
Coordinates	54°10′41″N 2°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
2018/19	71,234
2019/20	82,828
2020/21	24,112
2021/22	78,306
2022/23	84,244
Location Cark & Cartmel Location in South Lakeland, Cumbria Show map of the former South Lakeland district Cark & Cartmel Location in Cumbria, England Show map of Cumbria
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+1⁄4 miles (25 km) north-east of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the villages of Allithwaite, Cark, Cartmel and FlookburghinCumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

History[edit]

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 acreofgardens and woodland.

Facilities[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ulverston		Northern Trains Furness line		Kents Bank
				Grange-over-Sands
	Historical railways
Grange-over-Sands		Furness Railway		Kents Bank