Burneside railway station is in Burneside,

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, England. The station is situated on the Windermere Branch Line from

Oxenholme Oxenholme is a village in England just south of the town of Kendal, with which it has begun to merge. It is best known for Oxenholme Lake District railway station on the West Coast Main Line. Because Oxenholme does not have its own church it ...

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. To the east of the station can be found the only two semaphore signals on the line guarding the manually operated road crossing. The station is owned by

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and is operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services.

History

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The station opened on 20 April 1847 as part of the

Kendal and Windermere Railway The Kendal and Windermere Railway built a branch line from the main line to Kendal and on to Windermere, in Cumbria in north-west England. It was promoted by local interests in Kendal when it became clear that the Lancaster and Carlisle Railw ...

. From 1880 to 1972 the station had a connection to the Burneside Paper Mills Tramway. This line was subsequently acquired by the

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, and became part of the

London, Midland and Scottish Railway The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally u ...

at the

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. The station is reached via a short approach road from the centre of Burneside village. The two original platforms were staggered, with the up platform located on the Windermere side of the access crossing, and the down platform located on the Kendal side. Designed and operated as a busy mainline double track railway, through trains operated between Windermere and a variety of destinations, including London. Burneside station had goods sidings and a goods yard for freight services. Freight services were ended on the line in 1972, and the gradual reduction in passenger services culminated in 1973 when the line was reconfigured as a

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, resulting in the closure of the former down platform. All trains, in both directions, have used the original up platform since 1973.

Services

There is an hourly service to Windermere, and return to Oxenholme. A small number of services continue to Preston and Manchester.GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 83 (Network Rail) The station has been refurbished, and has a small waiting shelter, as well as other limited passenger facilities such as benches and electronic train information. Until December 2012 Burneside was a

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