Lancaster | |
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Location | |
Place | Lancaster |
Local authority | City of Lancaster |
Operations | |
Station code | LAN |
Managed by | Virgin Trains |
Number of platforms | 5 |
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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Annual rail passenger usage | |
2004/05 * | 1.270 million |
2005/06 * | 1.317 million |
2006/07 * | 1.396 million |
2007/08 * | 1.498 million |
2008/09 * | 1.559 million |
2009/10 * | 1.656 million |
History | |
Original company | Lancaster and Carlisle Railway |
Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
22 September 1846 | Opened as Lancaster Castle[1] |
1902 | Remodelled |
5 May 1969 | Renamed Lancaster[1] |
National Rail - UK railway stations | |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lancaster from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Lancaster railway station (formerly known as Lancaster Castle railway station) is a railway station that serves the city of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. It is one of the principal stations on the West Coast Main Line.
Lancaster railway station has five platforms currently in use.
In addition, there are two central through lines for non-stop passenger trains and freight traffic. There was previously a Platform 6, and although the platform face remains, the track has been removed.
Lancaster is served by several train operators.
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Originally known as Lancaster Castle Station in order to distinguish it from the first Lancaster Station (1840–1849), Lancaster station was officially opened on 21 September 1846. The first public service ran into the station on 17 December the same year. The station was built as the southern terminus of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway after the initial planned route for the line - following the Lancaster Canal and crossing the River Lune from Ladies Walk to Skerton - was changed in favour of a cheaper route west of the city.
The station was remodelled in 1902 when additional lines and platforms were added and further station buildings constructed. The new buildings were styled mock-Elizabethan with the intention of mirroring the battlements of the nearby Lancaster Castle. Platforms 5 and 6 were electrified in 1908 to serve the now-closed Midland Railway route to Morecambe and Heysham. This line closed in January 1966 and the overhead line equipment was removed.
The track layout in the station area was rationalised in 1973 when control of the signalling was transferred to the new Preston Power Signal Box. This included the removal of the track from Platform 6, although this platform had seen no regular use for some time prior to this. The West Coast Main Line through Lancaster was electrified in 1974, and regular electric passenger services recommenced at the station 7 May 1974.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Preston or Bare Lane |
TransPennine Express TransPennine North West |
Carnforth or Oxenholme Lake District |
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Terminus | Northern Rail Furness Line |
Carnforth | ||
Bare Lane | Northern Rail Leeds to Morecambe Line |
Carnforth | ||
Terminus | Northern Rail Morecambe Branch Line |
Bare Lane | ||
Preston | Virgin Trains West Coast Main Line |
Oxenholme Lake District | ||
Preston | Virgin Trains Birmingham - Glasgow/Edinburgh |
Oxenholme Lake District | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Terminus | Furness Railway | Hest Bank | ||
Galgate | London and North Western Railway Lancaster and Carlisle Railway |
Hest Bank | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Terminus | Midland Railway "Little" North Western Railway |
Lancaster Green Ayre | ||
Terminus | London and North Western Railway Glasson Dock Branch Line |
Ashton Hall |