Lazonby and Kirkoswald railway station

Lazonby and Kirkoswald
Location
Place	Lazonby
Local authority	Eden
Coordinates	54°45′00″N 2°42′07″W / 54.750°N 2.702°WCoordinates: 54°45′00″N 2°42′07″W / 54.750°N 2.702°W
Grid reference	NY548397
Operations
Station code	LZB
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	17,456
2011/12	18,634
2012/13	17,198
2013/14	16,144
2014/15	15,802
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
1 May 1876	Opened as Lazonby
22 July 1895	Renamed Lazonby and Kirkoswald
4 May 1970	Closed to regular traffic
14 July 1986	Regular services resumed
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lazonby and Kirkoswald from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Lazonby and Kirkoswald railway station is a railway station which serves the villages of Lazonby and Kirkoswald in Cumbria, England. It is operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services. The station was opened by the Midland Railway on 1 May 1876. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders.^[1] Originally named Lazonby, it was renamed Lazonby and Kirkoswald on 22 July 1895.^[2] It is situated in the centre of Lazonby and, like many other stations on the line, was closed on 4 May 1970 when local passenger services between Skipton and Carlisle were withdrawn. The platforms and buildings survived however, and following several years of use by Dalesrail excursions it was reopened on a full-time basis in July 1986.^[3] The old goods shed & yard is now used by a local bakery.^[4]

Both platforms have stone shelters and access ramps from the nearby road (so it is fully DDA-compliant). There is no ticket machine or booking office, so tickets have to be bought in advance or on the train. Train running information is available via information boards & posters and a telephone helpline.

Services

The station receives a similar level of service to neighbouring Langwathby i.e. six trains each way on weekdays & Saturdays (all of which now run to/from Leeds) and three on Sundays (four during the summer, including one 'Dalesrail' services to Preston and Blackpool).^[5]

Services have been disrupted since 28 January 2016 by a landslip north of the station at Eden Brows, which has destabilised & damaged the embankment on the eastern side of the railway where it passes through the Eden Gorge. An emergency timetable is in operation, with all trains replaced by buses between Armathwaite (or in certain cases Appleby) & Carlisle until repairs are completed in March 2017.^[6] Until the repairs are completed only the northbound platform is open, as single-line working is in force from Kirkby Thore signal box (north of Appleby) to the temporary terminus at Armathwaite.

Notes

1. "Notes by the Way.". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 1 November 1884. Retrieved 12 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 139. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
3. Settle - Carlisle Line Key Events Retrieved 2008-08-27
4. Stations - Lazonby Settle - Carlisle Railway; Retrieved 23 Novemmber 2016
5. GB National Rail Timetable May-December 2016; Table 42
6. "Landslip-hit Settle-to-Carlisle line section shut until 2017"BBC News; Retrieved 7 July 2017

External links

• Train times and station information for Lazonby and Kirkoswald railway station from National Rail