Oxenholme Train Station

Oxenholme Lake District railway station is a railway station in Oxenholme, near Kendal, in Cumbria, England. The station is situated on the West Coast Main Line and is also the start of the Windermere Branch Line to Windermere. All platforms are electrified, however platform 3 on the Windermere branch has limited capacity for longer trains. The station serves as a main line connection point for Kendal, and is managed by Virgin Trains. HistoryThe station was constructed as part of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (which is now a section on the West Coast Main Line from London to Glasgow). Initially the railway was earmarked to go via Kendal. However, a 2. 1mi tunnel would have had to been built north of the town to accommodate this route. As it was deemed too expensive an option, a line running 1mi east of Kendal was adopted. The line between Lancaster and Oxenholme opened in September 1846. Trains from Lancaster passed through Oxenholme to a temporary terminus at. This ended when the line to Carlisle was completed in December 1847. With the decision to avoid Kendal, the Kendal and Windermere Railway was promoted instead with Oxenholme becoming a junction station. The branch line would be between Oxenholme and its terminus at (although it actually is in Birthwaite about 0. 75mi from the actual lake). It opened in April 1847.

Oxenholme Lake District railway station is a railway station in Oxenholme, near Kendal, in Cumbria, England. The station is situated on the West Coast Main Line and is also the start of the Windermere Branch Line to Windermere. All platforms are electrified, however platform 3 on the Windermere branch has limited capacity for longer trains. The station serves as a main line connection point for Kendal, and is managed by Virgin Trains. HistoryThe station was constructed as part of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (which is now a section on the West Coast Main Line from London to Glasgow). Initially the railway was earmarked to go via Kendal. However, a 2. 1mi tunnel would have had to been built north of the town to accommodate this route. As it was deemed too expensive an option, a line running 1mi east of Kendal was adopted. The line between Lancaster and Oxenholme opened in September 1846. Trains from Lancaster passed through Oxenholme to a temporary terminus at. This ended when the line to Carlisle was completed in December 1847. With the decision to avoid Kendal, the Kendal and Windermere Railway was promoted instead with Oxenholme becoming a junction station. The branch line would be between Oxenholme and its terminus at (although it actually is in Birthwaite about 0. 75mi from the actual lake). It opened in April 1847.