Grange-over-Sands railway station

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Grange-over-Sands

Location

Place

Grange-over-Sands

Local authority

South Lakeland

Operations

Station code

GOS

Managed by

TransPennine Express

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.132 million

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 Grange-over-Sands from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Grange-over-Sands railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Grange-over-Sands in Cumbria. It is located on the Furness Line from Barrow-in-Furness to Lancaster. It is operated by TransPennine Express.

It is primarily served by regional express services operated by TransPennine Express from Manchester Airport to Barrow-In-Furness. Additionally, local services are operated by Northern Rail from Lancaster to Barrow-In-Furness, with some continuing to Sellafield or Carlisle via the Cumbrian Coast Line.

The station is adjacent to the Grange-Over-Sands Promenade which (until the River Kent changed its course) ran along the edge of Morecambe Bay.
The station booking office is on the "up" (Lancaster) platform; the "down" (Barrow) platform features a second-hand book-shop.
There is step-less access to both platforms.

There is a small car park (40 spaces) at the station (daily charge £3-50 Mondays-Fridays, £1 at weekends), and a bus-stop for local services. The X35 bus operated by Stagecoach will also take you to Kendal, departing every hour during the day.

The station building was designed by Lancaster architect Edward Paley and built by the Furness Railway Company about 1864. It was extensively restored to its former glory in the late 1990s. The railway through Grange was originally opened in 1857 by the Ulverston & Lancaster Railway, at one time carrying a very heavy industrial traffic to support the iron and steel industry of the Furness area, including coke from County Durham.