Carlisle railway station

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This article is about the English railway station; for the Australian station, see Carlisle railway station, Perth

Carlisle
Location
Place	Carlisle
Local authority	City of Carlisle
Operations
Station code	CAR
Managed by	Virgin Trains
Platforms in use	8
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	1.170 million
2005/06 *	1.297 million
History
1847	Opened
1875	Extended
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Carlisle from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Carlisle railway station, also known as Carlisle Citadel station, serves the Cumbrian city of Carlisle, and is a major station on the West Coast Main Line, lying 102 miles south of Glasgow Central, and 299 miles north of London Euston.

The station was built in 1847 - at the time, one of a number of stations in the city; and expanded and extended in 1875-1876 with the arrival of the Midland Railway.

Long-distance services are operated by Virgin Trains, with the main routes being London-Glasgow and Scotland-Birmingham. Northern Rail operate local stopping services to Newcastle upon Tyne via the Tyne Valley Line, to Barrow-in-Furness via the Cumbrian Coast Line, and to Leeds via the scenic Settle-Carlisle Line. First ScotRail also operate services to Glasgow via Dumfries, as well as a cross-country route between Stranraer and Newcastle.

• Platform 1: Relief West Coast Main Line platform
• Platform 2: Cumbrian Coast Line bay
• Platform 3: West Coast Main Line north-bound platform
• Platform 4: West Coast Main Line south-bound platform
• Platform 5: Tyne Valley Line bay
• Platform 6: Carlisle to Leeds Line bay
• Platforms 7 & 8: Scottish services to various destinations between Carlisle and Glasgow.

There are stabling roads between Platforms 3 and 4 in the train shed, and a loop around Platform 1. There are several electrified sidings to the west of Platform 1. A siding mainly used by Northern Rail DMUs is hidden away beside Platform 5, that had been previously used as the Motorail loading dock.

Rail network in the Carlisle Area

Caledonian Railway Main Line / / West Coast Mainline Northbound Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway / / Glasgow South Western Line to Gretna Green Gretna Junction English/Scottish Border Gretna Border Union Railway / / Waverley Line to Edinburgh Floriston Rockcliffe Kingmoor Marshalling Yard Carlisle and Port Carlisle Railway and Dock Company Border Union Railway / / Waverley Line to Edinburgh Willowholme / Port Carlisle Branch Junctions Caldew Junctions Carlisle Citadel Citadel South Junctions Maryport and Carlisle Railway / / Cumbrian Coast Line to Barrow-in-Furness Petteril Bridge Junction Newcastle and Carlisle Railway to Newcastle Settle and Carlisle Line to Settle Upperby TMD Brisco later Wreay Lancaster and Carlisle Railway / / West Coast Mainline Southbound

[edit] References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 

• Jowett, Alan (1989). Jowett's railway atlas of Great Britain and Ireland : from pre-grouping to the present day, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 

• Jowett, Alan (1993). Jowett's Atlas of Railway Centres: of Great Britain showing their development from the earliest times up to and including the 1990s - Volume 1, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0420-4. OCLC 30919645. 

• Images of England — details from listed building database (386689)

[edit] Services

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Haltwhistle		First ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line		Gretna Green
Watford Junction		First ScotRail Lowland Caledonian Sleeper		Carstairs
Wetheral		Northern Rail Tyne Valley Line		Terminus
Armathwaite		Northern Rail Settle-Carlisle Line		Terminus
Terminus		Northern Rail Cumbrian Coast Line		Dalston
Penrith		Virgin Trains West Coast Main Line		Lockerbie
Penrith		TransPennine Express (TransPennine North West)		Lockerbie
Historical Railways
Terminus		Caledonian Railway Main Line		Rockcliffe
Terminus		Border Union Railway North British Railway		Harker
Terminus		Carlisle and Port Carlisle Railway and Dock Company North British Railway		Kirkandrews
Cummersdale		Maryport and Carlisle Railway London and North Western Railway		Terminus
Brisco later Wreay		Lancaster and Carlisle Railway London and North Western Railway		Terminus
Scotby		Settle and Carlisle Line Midland Railway		Terminus
Scotby		Newcastle and Carlisle Railway North Eastern Railway		Terminus