Lazonby & Kirkoswald is a railway station on the

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

Lazonby Lazonby is a village and civil parish in the Lower Eden Valley of Cumbria; it is located about north north-east of Penrith and 24 miles (38 km) south of the Scottish Borders. The total population of the ward of Lazonby, which also includ ...

and

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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 opened by the

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on 1 May 1876. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect

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. Originally named Lazonby, it was renamed Lazonby & Kirkoswald on 22 July 1895. 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other stations on the line, was closed on 4 May 1970 when local passenger services between Skipton and Carlisle were withdrawn.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

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excursions it was reopened on a full-time basis in July 1986. The old goods shed and yard is now used by a local bakery. The southbound platform has a stone shelter and access ramps from the nearby road (so it is fully DDA-compliant). On the northbound platform, there is a bus-style waiting shelter. There is no ticket machine (though one is planned for the station by the end of 2019 as part of TOC Northern's wider programme of station improvements) or booking office, so tickets have to be bought in advance or on the train. Train running information is available via information boards and posters and a telephone helpline (PIS displays are also due to be installed by the end of 2019).

Stationmasters

*W. Clow 1876 - 1877 *John Francis Westcott 1877 - 1884 *J.W. Coltman 1884 - 1890 *Thomas Wakefield 1890 - 1897 (formerly station master at Langwathby) *Mark A. Hall. 1897 - 1902 (afterwards station master at Radlett) *Frederick Clarke 1902 - 1925 *Richard William Powell 1925 - 1931 (afterwards station master at Appleby) *J. Brunskill ca. 1940 ca. 1958

Services

As of the May 2021 timetable change, the station is served by eight trains per day (six on Sunday) towards

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. Heading towards

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via

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, there are seven trains per day (six on Sunday). All services are operated by

. Rolling stock used: Class 156 ''Super Sprinter'' and Class 158 ''Express Sprinter''

Accidents and incidents

* Services between Appleby (later Armathwaite) and Carlisle were suspended from 9 February 2016, due to a landslip north of the station at Eden Brows. The station served as the northern terminus of the

until 30 March 2017, when the £23 million project to repair the embankment and reinstate the track bed was completed by

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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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Lazonby and Kirkoswald railway station