Kendal railway station

Kendal railway station is a railway station serving the market town of Kendal in Cumbria, England. The station is owned by Network Rail and is operated by Northern Trains who provide all passenger train services.

Kendal
Former First North Western Class 175 Coradia unit no. 175115 departs Kendal with a service to Windermere
Location	Kendal, South Lakeland England
Grid reference	SD519932
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	KEN
Classification	DfT category F1
Passengers
2015/16	0.215 million
2016/17	0.204 million
2017/18	0.209 million
2018/19	0.173 million
2019/20	0.203 million
Location
Kendal Location in South Lakeland Kendal Location in Cumbria
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Route 6: Cumbrian Coast Line and Windermere Line
Carlisle Dalston (Cumbria) Wigton Aspatria Maryport Flimby Workington Harrington Parton Whitehaven Corkickle St. Bees Nethertown Braystones Sellafield Seascale Drigg Ravenglass for Eskdale Bootle Silecroft Millom Green Road Foxfield Kirkby-in-Furness Askam Barrow-in-Furness Roose Dalton Ulverston Cark and Cartmel Kents Bank Grange-over-Sands Arnside Silverdale Carnforth Windermere Staveley Burneside Kendal Oxenholme Lake District Lancaster Preston Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Airport
Bootle, Braystones, Drigg, Flimby, Green Road, Kirkby-in-Furness, Nethertown, Parton and Silecroft are request stops.

History

The station opened on 28 September 1846[1] as the temporary terminus of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. Through trains operated from 20 April 1847[2] when the Kendal and Windermere Railway opened its line to Windermere.

The second platform at the station was taken out of use when the line was singled in May 1973. A car park now occupies the site of the demolished Oxenholme-bound platform, signal box and goods depot. The signal box was dismantled after closure and rebuilt at Kirkby Stephen on the Settle-Carlisle Line. The former station building survives but no longer forms part of the station itself (now in private commercial use).

Description

It is on the Windermere Branch Line from Oxenholme to Windermere. It is operated by Northern. It only has one platform, which has a stone-built shelter. The station is unstaffed: passengers must buy tickets in advance or from the conductor on board the train. Train running information is provided via digital CIS displays, a customer help point and timetable posters. Step-free access is available from the car park and main entrance to the platform.[3]

The station is served by one train per hour in each direction between Windermere and Oxenholme, with some services running direct to Manchester Airport. Passengers for most other destinations must change at Oxenholme.[4]

Services are operated with Class 153, Class 156 and also Class 185 Pennine Diesel Multiple Units subleased from TransPennine Express units since the incorporation of the route into the Northern franchise.

References

1. "Opening of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway to Kendal". Dumfries and Galloway Standard. Scotland. 30 September 1846. Retrieved 10 April 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Opening of the Kendal and Windermere Railway". Westmorland Gazette. England. 24 April 1847. Retrieved 10 April 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. Kendal station facilitiesNational Rail Enquiries
4. Table 83 National Rail timetable, May 2017

External links

• Video footage and history of Kendal Station

• Train times and station information for Kendal railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Burneside		Northern Trains Windermere Branch Line		Oxenholme
Windermere		Northern Connect Windermere - Manchester Airport		Oxenholme
Burneside