Langwathby is a railway station on the

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, which runs between and via . The station, situated south-east of Carlisle, serves the village of

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, Eden in

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, England. It is owned by

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and managed by

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History

The station was built by the

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and opened in 1876. The station was designed by the

company architect

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. It closed when local stopping trains over the Settle-Carlisle Line were withdrawn in May 1970, but was reopened by British Rail in July 1986.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 - 1884 *Thomas Wakefield 1884 - 1890 (afterwards station master at Lazonby) *Oliver John Haddock 1890 - 1892 *William Dickinson 1892 - 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)

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. 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 6 March 1930, a passenger train departed from station against signals and was in collision with a ballast train. Two people were killed and four were seriously injured.

Services

Eight northbound and seven southbound services call at Langwathby on weekdays and five trains in each direction on Sundays. The station is also served by a single

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train from Preston & Blackpool North to Carlisle (and return) on Sundays during the summer months. 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

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at Eden Brow (near ), 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.Landslip-hit Settle-to-Carlisle line section shut until 2017
'BBC News''; Retrieved 7 July 2016 Following the successful completion of the repair work, the regular timetable resumed on 31 March 2017.

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* * Railway stations in Cumbria DfT Category F2 stations Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1876 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1970 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1986 Reopened railway stations in Great Britain Northern franchise railway stations Beeching closures in England John Holloway Sanders railway stations Langwathby {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub