Armathwaite railway station

Armathwaite
The Citadel Express stopped at Armathwaite for photographs
Location
Place	Armathwaite
Local authority	Eden
Coordinates	54°48′32″N 2°46′19″W / 54.809°N 2.772°W / 54.809; -2.772Coordinates: 54°48′32″N 2°46′19″W / 54.809°N 2.772°W / 54.809; -2.772
Operations
Station code	AWT
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	9,489
2005/06 *	9,698
2006/07 *	7,984
2007/08 *	8,057
History
Opened 1 May 1876 (1 May 1876)
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Armathwaite from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Armathwaite railway station serves the village of Armathwaite in Cumbria, England. It is operated by Northern Rail, which provides all passenger-train services. It is now, since the closure of Cotehill (1952), Cumwhinton (1956) and Scotby (1942) stations, the final stop on the Settle-Carlisle Line before the terminus at Carlisle. It was opened in May 1876, closed in May 1970 when local passenger trains ceased on the route and reopened in July 1986. By then, the original station building had been sold for private use so a passenger shelter was built at the other end of the platform.

History

Opened by the Midland Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980's, and when the station was reopened, it was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.

The line through the station is often used as a diversionary route for the West Coast Main Line.

Services

Six trains each way serve the station Mondays to Saturdays, with three trains each way calling on Sundays (increasing to five during the summer months).

External links

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

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• Station on navigable O.S. map