Staveley railway station

Staveley railway station is a railway station in Staveley in Cumbria, England. The station is on the Windermere Branch Line connecting Oxenholme and Windermere. The station is owned by Network Rail and is operated by Northern Trains who provide all passenger train services, Staveley was a request stop until December 2012.

For a station in Derbyshire that used this name in the 19th century, see Barrow Hill railway station.

Not to be confused with Staveley Central railway station.

Staveley
Staveley railway station (seen from a train) in 2009
Location
Place	Staveley
Local authority	South Lakeland
Grid reference	SD469980
Operations
Station code	SVL
Managed by	Northern Trains
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	47,492
2015/16	44,660
2016/17	42,378
2017/18	40,920
2018/19	32,538
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Staveley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

The station opened on 20 April 1847.[1] On 28 October 1887, John Studholme was using the foot crossing with the intention of getting a train to Windermere, when he was struck by an engine travelling at around 45 mph. He sustained a compound fracture to his right leg, and his collar bone was broken. At the Kendal Memorial Hospital, his leg was amputated the following day.[2]

Until the branch line was reduced to single track in 1973, there were two platforms staggered either side of the road bridge at the east end of the station.

Facilities

The station has a single platform. There is a single waiting shelter provided, along with digital CIS display, customer help point and a telephone to offer train running details. No step-free access is available, as the only entrance is via a staircase from Station Road.[3]

Services

Northern Trains Route 6: Cumbrian Coast & Windermere Lines
Carlisle Dalston Wigton Aspatria Maryport Flimby Workington Harrington Parton Whitehaven Corkickle St. Bees Nethertown Braystones Sellafield Seascale Drigg Ravenglass for Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Bootle Silecroft Millom Green Road Foxfield Kirkby-in-Furness Askam Barrow-in-Furness Roose Dalton Ulverston Cark and Cartmel Windermere Kents Bank Staveley Grange-over-Sands Burneside Arnside Kendal Silverdale Oxenholme Lake District Carnforth Lancaster Preston Wigan North Western Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Airport
Bootle, Braystones, Drigg, Flimby, Green Road, Kirkby-in-Furness, Nethertown, Parton and Silecroft are request stops.

Monday through Saturday there is an hourly service to Windermere and hourly to Oxenholme, with a few daily services extending to Lancaster, Preston and Manchester.[4] On Sundays, there is an hourly service to Oxenholme and return to Windermere.

External links

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

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Windermere		Northern Trains Windermere Branch Line		Burneside
Windermere		Northern Connect Windermere - Manchester Airport (limited service)		Burneside

References

1. "Opening of the Kendal and Windermere Railway". Westmorland Gazette. England. 24 April 1847. Retrieved 10 April 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Shocking accident on the Railway near Kendal". Carlisle Patriot. England. 4 November 1887. Retrieved 8 July 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. Staveley (Cumbria) station facilities National Rail Enquiries
4. GB eNRT 2017 Edition, Table 83 (Network Rail)