Kendal railway station is a railway station serving the

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Kendal Kendal, once Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, south-east of Windermere and north of Lancaster. Historically in Westmorland, it lies within the dale of th ...

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, England. The station is owned by

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and is operated by

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who provide all passenger train services.

History

The station opened on 28 September 1846 as the temporary terminus of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. Through trains operated from 20 April 1847 when 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 ...

opened its line to

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. The second platform at the station was taken out of use when the line was singled in May 1973. A car park now occupies the site of the demolished Oxenholme-bound platform,

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and goods depot. The signal box was dismantled after closure and rebuilt at on the Settle-Carlisle Line. The former station building survives but no longer forms part of the station itself (now in private commercial use).

Description

It is 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 ...

. It is operated by

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. It only has one platform, which has a stone-built shelter. The station is unstaffed: passengers must buy tickets in advance or from the conductor on board the train. Train running information is provided via digital CIS displays, a customer help point and timetable posters. Step-free access is available from the car park and main entrance to the platform. The station is served by one train per hour in each direction between Windermere and Oxenholme, with some services running direct to . Passengers for most other destinations must change at Oxenholme. Services are operated with Class 195 diesel multiple units.

References

External links

Video footage and history of Kendal Station
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