Lancaster railway station
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History
Originally known as Lancaster Castle, in order to distinguish it from the Lancaster Greaves 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. It was built as the southern terminus of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway after the initial planned route for the line was changed in favour of a cheaper route west of the city; it would have followed the Lancaster Canal and crossed the River Lune from Ladies Walk to Skerton.
The station was remodelled in 1900-1906 when additional lines and platforms were added and further station buildings constructed.[2] The new buildings were styled mock-Elizabethan with the intention of mirroring the battlements of the nearby Lancaster Castle. Platforms 5 and 6 (on the east side of the station) were electrified in 1908 to serve the now-closed "Little" North Western 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 commenced here on 7 May 1974.
In 2023, upgrades to the platforms canopies were announced as part of a £9.5 million investment into the station, with work continuing into 2025.[3]
Description and facilities
The main building, constructed in 1846 by William Tite, was situated on the west side of the line in Tudor Revival style using roughly squared sandstone rubble. This two-storey building was extended southwards in 1852 in similar style, although this section terminated in a tower of three storeys. A new entrance was constructed in 1900 on the eastern side of the line at footbridge level; this is nearer the town and houses the remaining ticket office.[2]
The booking office is open throughout the week, closing only in the late evening; ticket machines are also available. A full range of facilities is offered, including a newsagents, a buffet, waiting rooms and toilets on both sides, with lifts between the footbridge and platforms. The station is fully accessible for disabled passengers.[4]
Layout
The entrance through the original building opens onto platform 3, which is used mostly by northbound services. Two bay platforms to the north of this are used by terminating trains from the branch lines to Heysham Port and the Furness Line to Barrow-in-Furness, which continues to the Cumbria Coast Line to Carlisle.
Two through lines separate these three platforms from the remainder of the station; these are used by non-stop passenger services and freight trains. Platform 4 is an island platform with a second face, used principally for southbound trains. Platform 5 can be used by northbound, southbound trains and terminating services. All platforms are signalled for arrivals and departures in either direction. Opposite platform 5 are the remains of platform 6, which has no track and has been out of use for many years.
Services
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Lancaster is served by three train operating companies:
- Avanti West Coast operates express trains from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley and to Glasgow Central, using Class 390 Pendolinos. Peak services to and from Template:Rws terminate and start at Lancaster or Template:Rws. A few services to/from Template:Rws also start/terminate at Lancaster.[5][6]
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- TransPennine Express operates regional express services from Template:Rws, Template:Rws and Template:Rws to Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central, via the West Coast Main Line, using Class 397 EMUs.[7]
- Northern Trains operates local and regional services along the following lines, using diesel multiple units (DMUs) of Classes 150, 153, 156, 158 and 195s:[8]
- Furness line to Template:Rws and then on to Template:Rws via the Cumbrian Coast line
- Windermere branch line to Template:Rws, via the West Coast Main Line to Template:Rws
- Morecambe branch line to Morecambe and Template:Rws; nuclear flask trains serving Heysham power station are the other main users of this line
- Leeds–Morecambe line to Skipton and Leeds.
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| Preceding station | National Rail National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Avanti West Coast | ||||
| TransPennine Express | ||||
| TransPennine Express | ||||
| Northern Trains | Terminus | |||
| Northern Trains | ||||
| Terminus | Northern Trains | |||
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| Template:Rws | style="background:#Template:Northern colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Northern Trains Template:Rws - Template:Rws |
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| Template:Rws | style="background:#Template:Temporary rail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Furness Railway | style="background:#Template:Temporary rail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Terminus |
| Template:Rws | style="background:#Template:LNWR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | London and North Western Railway Lancaster and Carlisle Railway |
style="background:#Template:LNWR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Template:Rws |
| Disused railways | ||||
| Template:Rws | style="background:#Template:MR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Midland Railway "Little" North Western Railway |
style="background:#Template:MR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Terminus |
| Template:Rws | style="background:#Template:LNWR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | London and North Western Railway Glasson Dock branch line |
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See also
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References
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- ↑ GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 82 (Network Rail)
- ↑ GB eNRT December 2019 Edition, Tables 42, 82 and 98 (Network Rail)
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External links
- Train times and station information for Lancaster railway station from National Rail
- A history of Lancaster stations
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- Railway stations in Lancaster
- DfT Category B stations
- Former Lancaster and Carlisle Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1846
- Railway stations served by TransPennine Express
- Railway stations served by Northern
- Railway stations served by Avanti West Coast
- 1846 establishments in England
- Grade II listed buildings in Lancashire
- William Tite railway stations
- Stations on the West Coast Main Line