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Langwathby railway station

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Langwathby
National Rail
General information
LocationLangwathby, Eden
England
Coordinates54°41′40″N 2°39′49″W / 54.6943632°N 2.6635574°W / 54.6943632; -2.6635574
Grid referenceNY573334
Owned byNetwork Rail
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeLGW
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Rail (London Midland Region)
Key dates
1 May 1876Opened as Longwathby
1 October 1876Renamed Langwathby
4 May 1970Closed
14 July 1986Reopened
Passengers
2018/19Increase 18,630
2019/20Increase 22,002
2020/21Decrease 3,006
2021/22Increase 17,168
2022/23Decrease 16,712
Services
Preceding station Northern Following station
Appleby
towards Leeds via Settle
Settle and Carlisle Line Lazonby & Kirkoswald
towards Carlisle
Location
Langwathby is located in the former Eden District
Langwathby
Langwathby
Location in Eden, Cumbria
Langwathby is located in Cumbria
Langwathby
Langwathby
Location in Cumbria, England
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Langwathby is a railway station on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. The station, situated 19 miles 59 chains (31.8 km) south-east of Carlisle, serves the village of Langwathby, Eden in Cumbria, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

History

The station was built by the Midland Railway and opened in 1876. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders.[1] It closed when local stopping trains over the Settle-Carlisle Line were withdrawn in May 1970, but was reopened by British Rail in July 1986.

Stationmasters

  • Joseph Shaw 1876[2] - 1884[3]
  • Thomas Wakefield 1884 - 1890[3] (afterwards station master at Lazonby)
  • Oliver John Haddock 1890 - 1892[3]
  • William Dickinson 1892[3] - ca. 191
  • Harry Fell ca. 1930 ca. 1933
  • E.B. Thompson ca. 1936
  • F.J. Martin ca. 1958
  • Robert James Tinsley from 1959 (also station master at Little Salkeld)[4]

Facilities

The Carlisle-bound (down) station building has been converted into the Brief Encounter Tea Rooms and an antique shop. An enclosed bus-shelter style waiting room has been provided at the Carlisle end of the platform (a stone shelter is also present on the Leeds-bound platform). Step-free access is available to both platforms via ramps from the road below.[5] The station is unstaffed. Tickets can be bought at the station from a vending machine installed in 2019. Train running information is available via timetable posters, digital information screens (also installed in 2019) or telephone.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 29 November 1912, goods guard R.Mallinson’s hand was crushed during shunting operations in the goods yard. He attempted to couple two waggons with his shunting pole when he slipped on some snow.[6]
  • On 6 March 1930, a passenger train, hauled by Ex-LNWR Claughton 4-6-0 No. 5971, departed from Culgaith station against signals and was in collision with a ballast train, hauled by Midland Railway 3835 Class 0-6-0 No. 4009. Two people were killed and four were seriously injured.[7]

Services

Northern Trains
Route 7
Bentham Line and
Settle and Carlisle Line
Carlisle Parking Bicycle facilities Handicapped/disabled access
Armathwaite Parking
Lazonby & Kirkoswald
Langwathby Parking
Appleby Parking
Kirkby Stephen Parking
Garsdale Parking
Dent Parking
Ribblehead Parking Bicycle facilities
Horton-in-Ribblesdale Parking Bicycle facilities
Settle Parking Bicycle facilities
Heysham Port ferry/water interchange
Morecambe Parking Bicycle facilities
Bare Lane Parking
Lancaster Parking Bicycle facilities Handicapped/disabled access
Carnforth Parking
Wennington Parking
Bentham Parking Bicycle facilities
Clapham Parking Bicycle facilities
Giggleswick Parking Bicycle facilities
Long Preston Parking Bicycle facilities
Hellifield Parking
Gargrave
Skipton Parking Bicycle facilities Handicapped/disabled access
Keighley Parking Bicycle facilities Heritage railway
Bingley Parking Bicycle facilities
Shipley Parking Bicycle facilities
Leeds Parking Bicycle facilities Handicapped/disabled access

Eight northbound and seven southbound services call at Langwathby on weekdays and five trains in each direction on Sundays. The station was also served by a single DalesRail train from Preston & Blackpool North to Carlisle (and return) on Sundays during the summer months (but this is currently suspended until spring 2024).[8] One additional call each way was instituted at the summer 2018 timetable change as part of DfT-mandated Northern franchise improvements.

Services through to Carlisle were suspended from 9 February 2016 (until March 2017) by a landslip at Eden Brow (near Armathwaite), which destabilised the embankment on the eastern side of the railway where it passes through the Eden Gorge. An emergency timetable was in operation, with trains only operating as far as Armathwaite (with a bus link to Carlisle) northbound and Appleby southbound until repairs were completed in the spring of 2017.[9] Following the successful completion of the repair work, the regular timetable resumed on 31 March 2017.

References

  1. ^ "Notes by the Way". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 1 November 1884. Retrieved 12 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 736. 1871. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 39. 1881. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  4. ^ "New Stationmaster at Little Salkeld". Bradford Observer. England. 10 November 1959. Retrieved 13 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ Langwathby station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 5 December 2016
  6. ^ Railway accidents. Summary of accidents and casualties resorted to the Board of Trade by the several railway companies in the United Kingdom, during the three months ending 31st December, 1912, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 1913
  7. ^ Hall, Stanley (1990). The Railway Detectives. London: Ian Allan. p. 95. ISBN 0 7110 1929 0.
  8. ^ GB National Rail Timetable May 2023; Table 35
  9. ^ Landslip-hit Settle-to-Carlisle line section shut until 2017BBC News; Retrieved 7 July 2016

External links

Preceding station
National Rail
National Rail
Following station
Appleby   Northern Trains
Settle and Carlisle Line
  Lazonby and Kirkoswald
  Historical railways  
Culgaith   Midland Railway
Settle and Carlisle Line
  Little Salkeld


This page was last edited on 10 March 2024, at 12:58
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