Place Lazonby Station code LZB DfT category F2 Number of platforms 2 Original company Midland Railway | Grid reference NY548397 Managed by Northern 2011/12 18,634 | |
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Address Penrith CA10 1BW, United Kingdom Similar Langwathby railway station, Armathwaite railway station, Wennington railway station, Garsdale railway station, King Arthur's Round Ta | ||
Lazonby and Kirkoswald railway station is a railway station which serves the villages of Lazonby and Kirkoswald in Cumbria, England. It is operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services. The station was opened by the Midland Railway on 1 May 1876. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders. Originally named Lazonby, it was renamed Lazonby and 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other stations on the line, was closed on 4 May 1970 when local passenger services between Skipton and Carlisle were withdrawn.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 Dalesrail excursions it was reopened on a full-time basis in July 1986. The old goods shed & yard is now used by a local bakery.
Both platforms have stone shelters and access ramps from the nearby road (so it is fully DDA-compliant). There is no ticket machine or booking office, so tickets have to be bought in advance or on the train. Train running information is available via information boards & posters and a telephone helpline.
Services
The station receives a similar level of service to neighbouring Langwathby i.e. six trains each way on weekdays & Saturdays (all of which now run to/from Leeds) and three on Sundays (four during the summer, including one 'Dalesrail' services to Preston and Blackpool).
Services have been disrupted since 28 January 2016 by a landslip north of the station at Eden Brows, which has destabilised & damaged the embankment on the eastern side of the railway where it passes through the Eden Gorge. An emergency timetable is in operation, with all trains replaced by buses between Armathwaite (or in certain cases Appleby) & Carlisle until repairs are completed in March 2017. Until the repairs are completed only the northbound platform is open, as single-line working is in force from Kirkby Thore signal box (north of Appleby) to the temporary terminus at Armathwaite.