Lancaster railway station

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Lancaster
Lancaster
Location
Place	Lancaster
Local authority	City of Lancaster
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Operations
Station code	LAN
Managed by	Virgin Trains
Platforms in use	5
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	1.270 million
2005/06 *	File:Increase2.svg 1.317 million
2006/07 *	File:Increase2.svg 1.396 million
2007/08 *	File:Increase2.svg 1.498 million
2008/09 *	File:Increase2.svg 1.559 million
History
Original company	Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
22 September 1846	Opened as Lancaster Castle
1902	Remodelled
5 May 1969	Renamed Lancaster
National Rail - UK railway stations
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lancaster from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Lancaster railway station (formerly known as Lancaster Castle railway station) is a railway station that serves the city of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. It is one of the principal stations on the West Coast Main Line.

Lancaster railway station has five platforms currently in use.

• Platform 1 - North facing bay platform for services to Carnforth, then Leeds to Morecambe Line to Leeds or the Furness Line to Barrow in Furness (These services may also leave from Platforms 3, 4 or 5)
• Platform 2 - north facing bay platform for services to Carnforth, then Leeds to Morecambe Line to Leeds or the Furness Line to Barrow in Furness(These services may also leave from Platforms 3, 4 or 5)
• Platform 3 - bidirectional through platform commonly used by trains to the north
• Platform 4 - bidirectional through platform commonly used by trains to the south
• Platform 5 - bidirectional through platform

In addition, there are two central through lines for non-stop passenger trains and freight traffic. There was previously a Platform 6, and although the platform face remains, the track has been removed.

Lancaster is served by several train operators.

• Virgin Trains operate express trains from London Euston to Carlisle and Glasgow Central using Pendolino trains, and from Glasgow and Edinburgh to Birmingham New Street using Virgin Voyagers. These services normally use platforms 3 and 4.
• TransPennine Express operate regional express services using Class 185 units, from Manchester Airport to Barrow-in-Furness via the Furness Line, and to Windermere via the Windermere Branch Line and since December 2007 to Cumbria and Scotland via the West Coast Main Line. These services also use platforms 3 and 4.
• Northern Rail operate local services, along the Furness Line to Barrow-in-Furness, the Morecambe Branch Line to Morecambe and Heysham and the Leeds to Morecambe Line to Skipton and Leeds. They also operate a single daily service from Buxton, but no corresponding service back. These services are operated using diesel multiple units of Classes 142, 150, 153 and 156, and normally use platforms 1, 2 and 5.

History

Originally known as Lancaster Castle Station in order to distinguish it from the first Lancaster Station (1840–1849), Lancaster station was officially opened on 21 September 1846. The first public service ran into the station on 17 December the same year. The station was built as the southern terminus of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway after the initial planned route for the line - following the Lancaster Canal and crossing the River Lune from Ladies Walk to Skerton - was changed in favour of a cheaper route west of the city.

The station was remodelled in 1902 when additional lines and platforms were added and further station buildings constructed. The new buildings were styled mock-Elizabethan with the intention of mirroring the battlements of the nearby Lancaster Castle. Platforms 5 and 6 were electrified in 1908 to serve the now-closed Midland Railway route to Morecambe and Heysham. This line closed in January 1966 and the overhead line equipment was removed.

The track layout in the station area was rationalised in 1973 when control of the signalling was transferred to the new Preston Power Signal Box. This included the removal of the track from Platform 6, although this platform had seen no regular use for some time prior to this. The West Coast Main Line through Lancaster was electrified in 1974, and regular electric passenger services recommenced at the station 7 May 1974.

Services

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Preston or Bare Lane		TransPennine Express TransPennine North West		Carnforth or Oxenholme Lake District
Terminus		Northern Rail Furness Line		Carnforth
Bare Lane		Northern Rail Leeds to Morecambe Line		Carnforth
Terminus		Northern Rail Morecambe Branch Line		Bare Lane
Preston		Virgin Trains West Coast Main Line		Oxenholme Lake District
Preston		Virgin Trains Birmingham - Glasgow/Edinburgh		Oxenholme Lake District
	Historical railways
Terminus		Furness Railway		Hest Bank
Galgate	style="background:#Template:LNWR colour; border-top:solid 1px gray; " |	London and North Western Railway Lancaster and Carlisle Railway	style="background:#Template:LNWR colour;border-top:solid 1px gray; " |	Hest Bank
	Disused railways
Terminus	style="background:#Template:MR colour; border-top:solid 1px gray; " |	Midland Railway "Little" North Western Railway	style="background:#Template:MR colour;border-top:solid 1px gray; " |	Lancaster Green Ayre
Terminus	style="background:#Template:LNWR colour; border-top:solid 1px gray; " |	London and North Western Railway Glasson Dock Branch Line	style="background:#Template:LNWR colour;border-top:solid 1px gray; " |	Ashton Hall

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