Windermere railway station is the railway station that serves
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...
in
CumbriaCumbria is a shire county in the North West of England. Cumbria came into existence as a county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972...
. It is located just south of the
A591-Route:The road begins 3.5 miles north-west of junction 36 of the M6 motorway at a roundabout with the A590 road, close to Sizergh Castle. It bypasses the town of Kendal as a dual carriageway, this £1.9m three-mile section opened on August 29 1971. It becomes a busy single carriageway road as it...
, about fifteen minutes' walk or a short bus ride from
the lakeWindermere is the largest natural lake in England. It has been one of the country’s most popular places for holidays and summer homes since 1847, when the Kendal and Windermere Railway built a branch line to it...
. The station is clearly marked with a
National RailNational Rail is a title used by the Association of Train Operating Companies as a generic term to define the passenger rail services operated in Great Britain...
logo, and is behind the
BoothsBooths is a chain of supermarkets in Northern England. Most of its branches are located in Lancashire but there are also branches in Cheshire, Cumbria, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. Booths is targeted at the middle class market and competes on quality as opposed to just value...
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(which was itself once the railway station) and in front of the Lakeland store. It is the terminus of the former
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...
single-track
Windermere Branch Line|}The Lakes Line is the railway line from Oxenholme to Kendal and Windermere, originally part of the Kendal and Windermere Railway.Passenger services are operated by TransPennine Express using modern Class 185 diesel multiple units....
, with a single platform (much longer than the trains usually seen here today) serving one terminal track.
The station was at one time bigger than this, with four platforms and an overall roof but all bar one was taken out of use when the branch was reduced to a one-train operated single line in 1973 as an economy measure.
First TransPennine ExpressFirst TransPennine Express is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. It is a joint operation between First Group and Keolis . It operates regular services in the north including services linking the west and east coasts of England across the Pennines...
run
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 units along the line, which runs through
StaveleyStaveley is a village in the District of South Lakeland in Cumbria, England. It is situated northwest of Kendal, at the mouth of the Kentmere Valley.-Geography:...
,
BurnesideBurneside is a small village in Cumbria, England. It is located to the north of Kendal and to the southeast of Staveley, on the River Kent, just upstream from where the River Sprint joins it and has circa 2000 inhabitants....
, and
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...
, and then interchanges with
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West Coast Main LineThe 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....
services at
Oxenholme Lake DistrictOxenholme Lake District railway station is a railway station in Oxenholme, near Kendal in Cumbria. The station is situated on the West Coast Main Line and is also the start of the Windermere Branch Line to Windermere...
; some trains then run partly along the main line to
ManchesterManchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. In 2007, the population of the city was estimated to be 458,100...
and terminate at Manchester Airport.
Windermere railway station is the railway station that serves
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...
in
CumbriaCumbria is a shire county in the North West of England. Cumbria came into existence as a county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972...
. It is located just south of the
A591-Route:The road begins 3.5 miles north-west of junction 36 of the M6 motorway at a roundabout with the A590 road, close to Sizergh Castle. It bypasses the town of Kendal as a dual carriageway, this £1.9m three-mile section opened on August 29 1971. It becomes a busy single carriageway road as it...
, about fifteen minutes' walk or a short bus ride from
the lakeWindermere is the largest natural lake in England. It has been one of the country’s most popular places for holidays and summer homes since 1847, when the Kendal and Windermere Railway built a branch line to it...
. The station is clearly marked with a
National RailNational Rail is a title used by the Association of Train Operating Companies as a generic term to define the passenger rail services operated in Great Britain...
logo, and is behind the
BoothsBooths is a chain of supermarkets in Northern England. Most of its branches are located in Lancashire but there are also branches in Cheshire, Cumbria, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. Booths is targeted at the middle class market and competes on quality as opposed to just value...
supermarketA supermarket, also called a grocery store in some parts of North America, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...
(which was itself once the railway station) and in front of the Lakeland store. It is the terminus of the former
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...
single-track
Windermere Branch Line|}The Lakes Line is the railway line from Oxenholme to Kendal and Windermere, originally part of the Kendal and Windermere Railway.Passenger services are operated by TransPennine Express using modern Class 185 diesel multiple units....
, with a single platform (much longer than the trains usually seen here today) serving one terminal track.
The station was at one time bigger than this, with four platforms and an overall roof but all bar one was taken out of use when the branch was reduced to a one-train operated single line in 1973 as an economy measure.
First TransPennine ExpressFirst TransPennine Express is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. It is a joint operation between First Group and Keolis . It operates regular services in the north including services linking the west and east coasts of England across the Pennines...
run
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 units along the line, which runs through
StaveleyStaveley is a village in the District of South Lakeland in Cumbria, England. It is situated northwest of Kendal, at the mouth of the Kentmere Valley.-Geography:...
,
BurnesideBurneside is a small village in Cumbria, England. It is located to the north of Kendal and to the southeast of Staveley, on the River Kent, just upstream from where the River Sprint joins it and has circa 2000 inhabitants....
, and
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...
, and then interchanges with
Virgin TrainsVirgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom, which currently provides services from London Euston to the West Midlands, North West England, North Wales and Scotland, and from Birmingham New Street to North West England and Scotland, on the West Coast Main Line...
West Coast Main LineThe 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....
services at
Oxenholme Lake DistrictOxenholme Lake District railway station is a railway station in Oxenholme, near Kendal in Cumbria. The station is situated on the West Coast Main Line and is also the start of the Windermere Branch Line to Windermere...
; some trains then run partly along the main line to
ManchesterManchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. In 2007, the population of the city was estimated to be 458,100...
and terminate at Manchester Airport. The station is also a hub for
StagecoachStagecoach Group plc is an international transport group operating buses, trains, trams, express coaches and ferries. The group was founded in 1980 by the current chairman, Brian Souter, his sister, Ann Gloag, and her former husband Robin...
bus services connecting Windermere with
ConistonConiston is a village in the region of Furness, England. It is located in the southern part of the Lake District National Park, between Coniston Water and Coniston Old Man.-Geography and administration:...
,
GrasmereGrasmere is a village in central Cumbria, England. Historically within the county of Westmorland, it is also the name of the adjacent lake. Grasmere's position in the centre of the English Lake District, as well as its connections with the Lake Poets, has made it popular as a tourist destination...
,
KeswickKeswick is a market town within the district of Allerdale, Cumbria, England. With a population of 4,281, according to the 2001 census, it is situated just north of Derwent Water, and a short distance from Bassenthwaite Lake, both in the Lake District National Park...
, and other destinations in
CumbriaCumbria is a shire county in the North West of England. Cumbria came into existence as a county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972...
. Both Stagecoach and the local council also run regular buses through the town to
BownessBowness-on-Windermere is built on hilly terrain on the shores of Windermere in South Lakeland, Cumbria, England; while it has now grown together with the town of Windermere , the two still have distinguishable town centres.Bowness is often described as a honeypot location because it attracts...
Pier; Stagecoach's are open-top double-decker buses running along principal streets, while the local council runs minibuses around the outskirts of town.
The selection of the town of Birthwaite as the location of the station serving the lake was what led to it taking the name Windermere, even though it is not on the water (nowadays it has essentially grown together with
Bowness-on-WindermereBowness-on-Windermere is built on hilly terrain on the shores of Windermere in South Lakeland, Cumbria, England; while it has now grown together with the town of Windermere , the two still have distinguishable town centres.Bowness is often described as a honeypot location because it attracts...
, which touches the lake).
The railway cottages, built for railway executives in 1849, were designed by the famous architect
Augustus PuginAugustus Welby Northmore Pugin was an English architect, designer, and theorist of design, now best remembered for his work in the Gothic Revival style, particularly churches and the Palace of Westminster. Pugin was the father of E. W...
. One of the fireplaces is a copy of one of his in the
Palace of WestminsterThe Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament, is the seat of the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom—the House of Lords and the House of Commons...
. A typical example is
Old Codgers CottageOld Codgers Cottage was built in 1847 by Augustus Pugin who was responsible for building the Palace of Westminster. He was commissioned by the Kendal and Windermere Railway company to build the properties for their staff when the new Windermere railway station was being built...
, currently used as a holiday home. The owners have researched its history to find that it was inhabited by the head Drayman for the railway company at the time of the 1861 census.
See also
- Windermere
Windermere 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...
and Bowness-on-WindermereBowness-on-Windermere is built on hilly terrain on the shores of Windermere in South Lakeland, Cumbria, England; while it has now grown together with the town of Windermere , the two still have distinguishable town centres.Bowness is often described as a honeypot location because it attracts...
(the towns)
- Windermere
Windermere is the largest natural lake in England. It has been one of the country’s most popular places for holidays and summer homes since 1847, when the Kendal and Windermere Railway built a branch line to it...
(the lake)
- National Rail
National Rail is a title used by the Association of Train Operating Companies as a generic term to define the passenger rail services operated in Great Britain...
- First TransPennine Express
First TransPennine Express is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. It is a joint operation between First Group and Keolis . It operates regular services in the north including services linking the west and east coasts of England across the Pennines...
- Windermere Branch Line
|}The Lakes Line is the railway line from Oxenholme to Kendal and Windermere, originally part of the Kendal and Windermere Railway.Passenger services are operated by TransPennine Express using modern Class 185 diesel multiple units....
- Kendal and Windermere Railway
The 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...
- Stagecoach Group
Stagecoach Group plc is an international transport group operating buses, trains, trams, express coaches and ferries. The group was founded in 1980 by the current chairman, Brian Souter, his sister, Ann Gloag, and her former husband Robin...
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