Armathwaite railway station

Armathwaite
265px The Citadel Express stopped at Armathwaite for photographs
Location
Place	Armathwaite
Local authority	Eden
Coordinates
Grid reference	NY504463
Operations
Station code	AWT
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	9,489
2005/06	9,698
2006/07	7,984
2007/08	8,057
2008/09	10,754
2009/10	10,128
2010/11	9,684
2011/12	9,556
2012/13	9,194
2013/14	8,130
2014/15	7,786
1 May 1876	opened
May 1970	closed
July 1986	reopened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Armathwaite from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Armathwaite railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Armathwaite in Cumbria, England. The station is managed by Northern Rail, who operate all trains serving it. 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 by British Rail 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 by British Rail in the 1980s, and when the station was reopened, it was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Rail.

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
• Station on navigable O.S. map

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Lazonby and Kirkoswald		Northern Rail Settle-Carlisle Line		Carlisle
	Historical railways
Lazonby and Kirkoswald		Midland Railway Settle-Carlisle Railway		Cotehill