Carlisle railway station

This article is about the English railway station; for the Australian station, see Carlisle railway station, Perth

Carlisle
Location
Place	Carlisle
Local authority	City of Carlisle
Coordinates	54°53′28″N 2°56′02″W / 54.891°N 2.934°W / 54.891; -2.934Coordinates: 54°53′28″N 2°56′02″W / 54.891°N 2.934°W / 54.891; -2.934
Operations
Station code	CAR
Managed by	Virgin Trains
Platforms in use	8
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	1.170 million
2005/06 *	1.297 million
2006/07 *	1.366 million
2007/08 *	1.470 million
History
1847	Opened
1875	Extended
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Carlisle from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Carlisle railway station, also known as Carlisle Citadel station, serves the Cumbrian City of Carlisle, and is a major station on the West Coast Main Line, lying 102 miles south of Glasgow Central, and 299 miles north of London Euston. It is also the northern terminus of the celebrated Settle and Carlisle Line - notionally (and historically) a continuation of the Midland Main Line from Leeds, Sheffield and ultimately London St Pancras.

History

The station was built in 1847 - at the time, one of a number of stations in the city; and expanded and extended in 1875-1876 with the arrival of the Midland Railway. Most of the routes from the station remain in use - the only significant casualties being the former North British Railway lines to Silloth (closed on 7 September 1964) and Edinburgh via Galashiels (the Waverley Line, closed on 6 January 1969).

v • d • e Rail network in the Carlisle area

Caledonian Railway Main Line / West Coast Mainline Northbound Border Union Railway / Waverley Line to Edinburgh Gretna Junction Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway / English/Scottish Border / Glasgow South Western Line to Gretna Green Gretna Longtown Longtown MOD Depot Floriston Lyneside Kingmoor Marshalling Yard Rockcliffe Harker Brunthill Stainton Etterby Junction Canal Junction Carlisle and Port Carlisle Railway and Dock Company Carlisle Kingmoor TMD Willowholme / Port Carlisle Branch Junctions Caldew Junction Carlisle Citadel Rome Street Junction / Carlisle South Junction London Road Junction Currock Junction / Upperby Junction Carlisle London Road Upperby TMD Maryport and Carlisle Railway / Upperby Bridge Junction / Cumbrian Coast Line to Barrow-in-Furness Petteril Bridge Junction Newcastle and Carlisle Railway to Newcastle Settle and Carlisle Line to Settle Brisco Wreay Lancaster and Carlisle Railway / West Coast Mainline Southbound

Services

Long-distance services are operated by Virgin Trains, with the main routes being London-Glasgow and Scotland-Birmingham New Street. Northern Rail operate local stopping services to Newcastle upon Tyne via the Tyne Valley Line, to Barrow-in-Furness via the Cumbrian Coast Line, and to Leeds via the scenic Settle-Carlisle Line. First ScotRail also operate services to Glasgow via Dumfries, as well as a cross-country route between Stranraer and Newcastle.

• Platform 1: Relief West Coast Main Line platform
• Platform 2: Cumbrian Coast Line bay
• Platform 3: West Coast Main Line north-bound platform
• Platform 4: West Coast Main Line south-bound platform
• Platform 5: Tyne Valley Line bay
• Platform 6: Carlisle to Leeds Line bay
• Platforms 7 & 8: Scottish services to various destinations between Carlisle and Glasgow.

There are stabling roads between Platforms 3 and 4 in the train shed, and a loop around Platform 1. There are several electrified sidings to the west of Platform 1.

2008

Service frequencies on each route varies - Mondays to Saturdays there are trains every one or two hours to London and at least every hour to Birmingham, Glasgow & Edinburgh. First TransPennine Express operate seven trains per day to Manchester Airport and there is a basic hourly service to both Newcastle & Whitehaven but a less frequent one to Glasgow via Kilmarnock (eight trains per day), to Leeds (six trains per day M-F, seven SO) and to Barrow-in-Furness (seven).

On Sundays the service is hourly on the WCML (every two hours to all main destinations apart from Manchester) and to Newcastle but infrequent on the other routes (three trains to Leeds & Whitehaven, two to Kilmarnock and another two to Dumfries only). There are two summer-only DalesRail afternoon trains to Preston via Clitheroe but no service to Barrow.

2009

Service frequencies on the West Coast Main Line have been improved somewhat following the introduction of the new VHF timetable by Virgin Trains. Mondays to Saturdays there are now trains every hour to London for much of the day (although one service from Euston no longer stops here, running non-stop between Preston & Glasgow) and at least every hour to Birmingham, Glasgow & Edinburgh. First TransPennine Express operate seven trains per day to Manchester Airport and there is a basic hourly service to both Newcastle & Whitehaven but a less frequent one to Glasgow via Kilmarnock (eight trains per day), to Leeds (six trains per day M-F, seven SO) and to Barrow-in-Furness (eight).

On Sundays the service is hourly on the WCML (every two hours to all main destinations apart from Manchester) and to Newcastle but infrequent on the other routes (three trains to Leeds & Whitehaven, two to Kilmarnock and another two to Dumfries only). There are two summer-only DalesRail afternoon trains to Preston via Clitheroe but no service to Barrow.

Sources

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• Images of England — details from listed building database (386689)
• Buses from the station
• Buses to the station