Burneside railway station

Burneside
Location
Place	Burneside
Local authority	South Lakeland
Grid reference	SD502957
Operations
Station code	BUD
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	18,040
2011/12	17,282
2012/13	17,434
2013/14	15,996
2014/15	14,258
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Burneside from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Burneside railway station is in Burneside, Cumbria, England. The station is situated on the Windermere Branch Line from Oxenholme to Windermere. To the east of the station can be found the only two semaphore signals on the line guarding the manually operated road crossing.

History

The station opened on 20 April 1847^[1] as part of the Kendal and Windermere Railway. This line was subsequently acquired by the London and North Western Railway, and became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at the 1923 Grouping. The station is reached via a short approach road from the centre of Burneside village. The two original platforms were staggered, with the up platform located on the Windermere side of the access crossing, and the down platform located on the Kendal side. Designed and operated as a busy mainline double track railway, through trains operated between Windermere and a variety of destinations, including London. Burneside station had goods sidings and a goods yard for freight services.

Freight services were ended on the line in 1972, and the gradual reduction in passenger services culminated in 1973 when the line was reconfigured as a single-track railway, resulting in the closure of the former down platform. All trains, in both directions, have used the original up platform since 1973.

Services

There is an hourly service to Windermere, and return to Oxenholme. A small number of services continue to Preston and Manchester.^[2] The station has been refurbished, and has a small waiting shelter, as well as other limited passenger facilities such as benches and electronic train information.

Until December 2012 Burneside was a request stop.

View SE, towards Oxenholme in 1966

Track from the former railway goods yard, now in the driveway of houses built on the site.

External links

• Train times and station information for Burneside railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Kendal		Northern Windermere Branch Line		Staveley

References

1. "Opening of the Kendal and Windermere Railway". Westmorland Gazette (England). 24 April 1847. Retrieved 10 April 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
2. GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 83 (Network Rail)

Coordinates: 54°21′18″N 2°45′58″W / 54.355°N 2.766°W