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StaveleyStaveley railway station is a railway station in Staveley in Cumbria, England. The station is situated on the Windermere Branch Line from Oxenholme to Windermere. Staveley is a request stop.-Services:...
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BurnesideBurneside railway station is a railway station in Burneside in Cumbria. The station is situated on the Windermere Branch Line from Oxenholme to Windermere. Burneside is a request stop. It only has one platform.-Services:...
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KendalKendal railway station is a railway station serving Kendal in Cumbria. The station is situated on the Windermere Branch Line from Oxenholme to Windermere. It is operated by First TransPennine Express. It only has one platform which has a stone-built shelter. It is unstaffed. It is served by one...
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WCMLThe West Coast Main Line is a busy mixed-traffic railway route in the United Kingdom. It provides fast, long-distance Intercity passenger services between London, the West Midlands, the North West, North Wales and southern Scotland....
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WCMLThe West Coast Main Line is a busy mixed-traffic railway route in the United Kingdom. It provides fast, long-distance Intercity passenger services between London, the West Midlands, the North West, North Wales and southern Scotland....
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Lakes Line is the
railway lineFor the article about the rails that trains run on see rail tracksRailway line is a term applied to railways with various meanings which lead to confusion in Wikipedia.It may mean...
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OxenholmeOxenholme is a village just south of the town of Kendal, with which it has begun to merge.Oxenholme Lake District railway station, located in the village, is a junction between the West Coast Main Line and the Windermere Branch Line....
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KendalKendal is a market town and civil parish within the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. It is south of Carlisle, on the River Kent, and has a total resident population of 27,505, making it the third largest settlement in Cumbria .Historically a part of Westmorland, Kendal today is known...
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WindermereWindermere is a town and civil parish in Cumbria, England. It lies about half a mile away from the lake, Windermere. Although the town Windermere does not touch the lake, it has now grown together with the older lakeside town of Bowness-on-Windermere, though the two retain distinguishable town...
, originally part of the
Kendal and Windermere RailwayThe Kendal and Windermere Railway is a railway in Cumbria in north-west England. It was built as a railway from the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at Oxenholme via Kendal to near Windermere, opening fully in April 1847. The engineer was Joseph Locke and the partnership of contractors consisted of...
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Passenger services are operated by TransPennine Express using modern
Class 185The Class 185 is a diesel multiple-unit passenger train of the Desiro type built by Siemens in Germany for the British train operating company First TransPennine Express.51 units were acquired representing an investment of £250 million....
diesel multiple unitA diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages powered by one or more on-board diesel engines. They may also be referred to as a railcar or railmotor, depending on country.-Design:...
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