Lazonby and Kirkoswald railway station


Lazonby and Kirkoswald railway station is a railway station which serves the villages of Lazonby and Kirkoswald in Cumbria, England.
The station is owned by Network Rail and 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other stations on the line, was closed on 4 May 1970 when local passenger services between Skipton and Carlisle were withdrawn.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 and yard is now used by a local bakery.
The southbound platform has a stone shelter and access ramps from the nearby road. On the northbound platform, there is a bus-style waiting shelter. 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 and posters and a telephone helpline.

Services

The station receives a similar level of service to neighbouring Langwathby i.e. eight trains northbound and seven southbound on weekdays and Saturdays and six each way on Sundays.
Services were disrupted from 28 January 2016 by a landslip north of the station at Eden Brows, which destabilised and damaged the embankment on the eastern side of the railway where it passes through the Eden Gorge. An emergency timetable was in operation, with all trains replaced by buses between Armathwaite and Carlisle until repairs were completed in March 2017. Prior to completion of the reconstruction work only the northbound platform was open, as single-line working was in force from Kirkby Thore signal box to the temporary terminus at Armathwaite. The southbound line and platform reopened to traffic as scheduled on 31 March 2017 and a full timetable is now operating once again.