Cark and Cartmel railway station

Cark and Cartmel
Main building at Cark & Cartmel station
Location
Place	Cark
Local authority	South Lakeland
Coordinates	54°10′41″N 2°58′23″W / 54.178°N 2.973°W / 54.178; -2.973Coordinates: 54°10′41″N 2°58′23″W / 54.178°N 2.973°W / 54.178; -2.973
Grid reference	SD365762
Operations
Station code	CAK
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	46,598
2005/06	43,986
2006/07	36,993
2007/08	51,141
2008/09	49,400
2009/10	49,378
2010/11	55,924
2011/12	51,690
2012/13	60,588
History
Key dates	Opened 1857 (1857)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cark and Cartmel from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Cark and Cartmel railway station (often 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.

History

The station is architecturally interesting, with a main building (see image) erected by the Ulverston and Lancaster Railway (U&LR) in 1857. The station opened on 1 September 1857 as Cark-in-Cartmell. The current name was adopted in 1906. The Furness Railway took over the U&LR on 21 January 1862 and was absorbed into the London Midland & 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 acre of gardens and woodland.

Service

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 two hour service to Barrow operated by Northern Rail and calling at:

Ulverston, Dalton, Roose and Barrow-in-Furness.

Three of these services continue from Barrow on to Carlisle calling at:

Askam, Kirkby-in-Furness, Foxfield, Green Road, Millom, Silecroft, Bootle, Ravenglass, Drigg, Seascale, Sellafield, Braystones, Nethertown, St Bees, Corkickle, Whitehaven, Parton, Harrington, Workington, Flimby, Maryport, Aspatria, Wigton, Dalston, Carlisle

There is also a roughly two hourly service towards Lancaster operated by Northern Rail and calling at:

Kents Bank, Grange over Sands, Arnside, Silverdale, Carnforth and Lancaster. Two services a day are extended to Preston, calling additionally at Preston only