Cark and Cartmel railway station

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Cark

Main building at Cark & Cartmel station

Location

Place

Cark

Local authority

South Lakeland

Operations

Station code

CAK

Managed by

Northern Rail

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

46,598

History

Key dates

Opened 1857

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cark from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Cark and Cartmel railway station (oftern just Cark railway station) is a railway station that serves the villages of Cark, Flookburgh and Cartmel in Cumbria, England. It is located on the Furness Line from Barrow-in-Furness to Lancaster.

The station is architecturally interesting, with a main building (see image) erected by the Ulverston and Lancaster Railway in 1857. The station had a particular importance, as it serves Holker Hall, the home of Lord Cavendish of Furness and formerly belonging to the Dukes of Devonshire. Special waiting rooms were provided for the dukes and their guests.

[edit] Service

Today, generally, only local services operated by Northern Rail stop at the station. However, a few longer-distances services operated by TransPennine Express also use the station.