Lancaster train station
| Lancaster | |
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 South facade of Lancaster train station
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| Data | |
| Platform tracks | 5 |
| abbreviation | LAN |
| IBNR | 7001303 |
| opening | September 22, 1846 |
| Website URL | Profile on nationalrail.co.uk |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Lancaster |
| county | Lancashire |
| Part of the country | England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 2 '56 " N , 2 ° 48' 27" W |
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| List of train stations in the United Kingdom | |
The current Lancaster Railway Station , which is on what is now the West Coast Main Line and is the railway station of the city of Lancaster in Lancashire in north-west England, was founded as Lancaster Castle Station .
Location and structure
The train station is west of downtown Lancaster. It has five platform tracks and two through tracks. A sixth edge of the platform is available, but the track has been expanded. The individual platforms are connected to each other and to the station building west of the route via a pedestrian bridge.
history
The Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway built the first Lancaster station in the Greaves district south of the city center in 1840. The Lancaster station (Greaves) was replaced by the new Lancaster Castle station on September 21, 1846 , when this route proved to be the cheapest option turned out to be the transition to the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway . The Lancaster (Greaves) station then served as a freight yard. The name of Lancaster Castle Station was not only chosen because it is practically exactly below Lancaster Castle , but it was also to distinguish it from Lancaster Green Ayre station . The building of what is now Lancaster station was designed in 1902 to allude to the nearby castle. In 1969 the name was changed to Lancaster .
The Lancaster Green Ayre station was operated by the Morecambe Harbor and Railway on their route from Morecambe. The station was opened on June 12, 1848 as Lancaster Station , but from June 1850 at the latest it was named Lancaster Green Ayre - occasionally also misspelled as Green Area . The station was north of the city center, directly on the Lune River . The station, together with its branch towards Carnforth, ceased operations for passengers on January 2, 1966 as a result of the Beeching ax . Freight traffic alone was still operated on a section through the station until March 16, 1976. The station was then demolished along with the remaining line. Today there is a supermarket on the site of the train station.
Connection
The station is currently served by National Rail trains.
Virgin Trains , which also operate the station, run long-distance connections from London Euston Station to Carlisle and Glasgow Central and from Birmingham New Street to Glasgow Central. The TransPennine Express runs from Manchester Airport via Lancaster to Barrow-in-Furness . Northern Rail offers regional rail services to Barrow-in-Furness, Morecambe , Heysham , Skipton and Leeds .
literature
- C. Awdry: Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . Patrick Stephens, Wellingborough 1990, ISBN 1-85260-049-7 .
- M. Bairstow: The “Little” North Western Railway . Martin Bairstow, Leeds 2000, ISBN 1-871944-21-X .
- RVJ Butt: The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present . Patrick Stephens, Sparkford 1995, ISBN 1-85260-508-1 .
- T. Dewick: Complete Atlas of Railway Station Names . Ian Allen Publishing, Hersham 2002, ISBN 0-7110-2798-6 .
- J. Vinter: Railway Walks . Allan Sutton Publishing, Strout 1990, ISBN 0-86299-735-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ J. Vinter, p. 132.