Oxenholme Lake District railway station

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Oxenholme Lake District
Location
Place	Oxenholme
Local authority	South Lakeland
Operations
Station code	OXN
Managed by	Virgin Trains
Platforms in use	3
Annual entry/exit 04/05	0.259 million **
History
Key dates	Opened <unknown>
National Rail - UK railway stations
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Oxenholme Lake District railway station is a railway station in Oxenholme, near Kendal in Cumbria. The station is situated on the West Coast Main Line and is also the start of the Windermere Branch Line to Windermere.

The station has a buffet on the northbound platform.

As of August 2006, the car parking charge was £6.00 for the first 24 hours.

The station serves as a main line connection point for Kendal, and is managed by Virgin Trains. On May 27, 2006 the station was the scene of a murder when a young man was stabbed aboard a Glasgow-Paignton train.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Oxenholme Lake District railway station from National Rail
• Street map and aerial photo of Oxenholme Lake District railway station from Multimap.com

West Coast Main Line

Principal stations (from south to north) London Euston Watford Junction Milton Keynes Central Rugby (for Birmingham Loop) Nuneaton Tamworth Lichfield Trent Valley Stafford Crewe then Manchester Piccadilly or Liverpool Lime Street Warrington Bank Quay Wigan North Western Preston Lancaster Oxenholme Lake District Penrith North Lakes Carlisle Lockerbie Carstairs Junction then Motherwell and Glasgow Central or Haymarketand Edinburgh Waverley (for East Coast Main Line)

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Lancaster		First TransPennine Express TransPennine North West (Windermere Branch Line)		Kendal
Lancaster		Virgin Trains West Coast Main Line		Penrith