Cumbria platform improvements
Changes to services due to platform extension works in Cumbrian and the Lake District
On selected weekends in September and October, and also for nine days between Saturday 08 and Sunday 16 October 2022, Network Rail are upgrading the platforms at Dalton, Kents Bank and Staveley stations to facilitate longer trains with increased capacity and the works require some line closures on our network in Cumbria.
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Buses replace trains between:
- Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster calling at Ulverston and Grange-over-Sands only
- Barrow-in-Furness and Carnforth calling at all stations.
Trains will continue to run between:
- Manchester, Lancaster and Carnforth
- Manchester, Lancaster and Windermere
- Barrow-in-Furness, Whitehaven and Carlisle
- Morecambe, Lancaster, Skipton and Leeds.
Buses replace trains between:
- Barrow-in-Furness and Ulverston
- Lancaster and Morecambe/Heysham Port (except services to/from Leeds).
Trains will continue to run between:
- Manchester, Lancaster and Ulverston
- Manchester, Lancaster and Windermere
- Barrow-in-Furness, Whitehaven and Carlisle
- Morecambe, Lancaster, Skipton and Leeds.
Buses replace trains between:
- Barrow-in-Furness and Ulverston
- Oxenholme Lake District and Windermere
- Lancaster and Morecambe/Heysham Port (except services to/from Leeds).
Trains will continue to run between:
- Manchester, Lancaster and Ulverston
- Manchester, Lancaster and Oxenholme Lake District
- Barrow-in-Furness, Whitehaven and Carlisle
- Morecambe, Lancaster, Skipton and Leeds.
Buses replace trains between:
- Barrow-in-Furness and Ulverston
- Lancaster and Morecambe/Heysham Port (except services to/from Leeds).
Trains will continue to run between:
- Manchester, Lancaster and Ulverston
- Manchester, Lancaster and Windermere
- Barrow-in-Furness, Whitehaven and Carlisle
- Morecambe, Lancaster, Skipton and Leeds.
Buses replace trains between Oxenholme Lake District and Windermere only.
Trains will continue to run between:
- Manchester, Lancaster and Barrow-in-Furness
- Manchester, Lancaster and Oxenholme Lake District
- Barrow-in-Furness, Whitehaven and Carlisle
- Morecambe, Lancaster, Skipton and Leeds.
Rail replacement bus stop locations are listed below and can be found on dedicated green posters at all stations directly impacted by the works.
Please purchase a ticket before boarding either by app or from the ticket vending machine at stations as Penalty Fares will continue to be in place during the line closures.
Lancaster to Morecambe and Heysham Port
Lancaster
By the entrance to platform 3 of the station, on Station Road,
Bare Lane
The local bus stops on Bare Lane (B5275), near to the station:
- To Lancaster - at the stop adjacent to Fairhope Avenue
- Barrow-in-Furness - at the stop adjacent to St. Celia's Way.
Morecambe
The lay-by at the front of the station.
Heysham Port
The front of the ferry terminal building, adjacent to the station.
Lancaster to Barrow-in-Furness
Lancaster
By the entrance to platform 3 of the station, on Station Road,
Carnforth
The front of the station.
Silverdale
At bus stops outside the station on Red Bridge Lane:
- To Lancaster - in front of the station
- To Barrow-in-Furness - opposite the station.
Arnside
At bus stops outside the station on Station Road:
- To Lancaster - opposite the station
- To Barrow-in-Furness - in front of the station.
Grange-over-Sands
The front of the station.
Kents Bank
Outside the entrance on Kentsford Road:
- To Lancaster - at the bus shelter opposite the station
- To Barrow-in-Furness - in the lay-by at the station entrance.
Cark & Cartmel
Outside the entrance on Station Road (B5278):
- To Lancaster - in the lay-by at the station entrance
- To Barrow-in-Furness - opposite the station entrance.
Ulverston
The front of the station.
Dalton
On Station Road:
- To Lancaster - at the junction with Beckside Road
- To Barrow-in-Furness - at the top of Station Approach, outside the old Police Station.
Roose
The local bus stops on Roose Road (A5087):
- To Lancaster - the same side of the road as Yarlside Road
- To Barrow-in-Furness - the bus stop with the shelter, near the roundabout.
Barrow-in-Furness
The front of the station.
Oxenholme to Windermere
Oxenholme Lake District
The front of the station.
Kendal
On Station Road (A6), by the car showroom:
- To Oxenholme – outside the car showroom
- To Windermere – opposite the car showroom.
Burneside
On Holme Houses/Winter Lane, by The Bryce Institute.
- To Oxenholme – Opposite the Bryce Institute
- To Windermere – Outside the Bryce Institute.
Staveley
The local bus stops on Windermere Road/Main Street outside the Village Hall, a 10-minute walk from the station:
- To Oxenholme – Outside the Village Hall
- To Windermere – Opposite the Village Hall.
Windermere
The front of the station.