Carlisle railway station

Carlisle Carlisle Citadel
The main facade of Carlisle station in 2018
General information
Location	Carlisle, Cumberland England
Coordinates	54°53′28″N 2°56′02″W / 54.891°N 2.934°W / 54.891; -2.934
Grid reference	NY401555
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Avanti West Coast
Platforms	8
Other information
Station code	CAR
Classification	DfT category B
History
Original company	Caledonian Railway/Lancaster and Carlisle Railway joint
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway/London and North Western Railway joint
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 September 1847	Opened as Carlisle Citadel
1875	Extended
(after 1948)	Renamed Carlisle
Passengers
2018/19	2.074 million
Interchange	0.374 million
2019/20	2.225 million
Interchange	0.372 million
2020/21	0.448 million
Interchange	55,375
2021/22	1.779 million
Interchange	0.241 million
2022/23	1.801 million
Interchange	0.302 million
Listed Building – Grade II*
Feature	Citadel Station
Designated	13 November 1972
Reference no.	1196969[1]
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Carlisle railway station, or Carlisle Citadel, is a Grade II* listed^[1] railway station serving the cathedral city of Carlisle, Cumbria, England. It is on the West Coast Main Line, 102 miles (164 km) south-east of Glasgow Central and 299 miles (481 km) north north-west of London Euston. It is the northern terminus of the Settle and Carlisle Line, a continuation of the Midland Main Line from Leeds, Sheffield and London St Pancras. It was formerly the southern terminus of the partially-closed Waverley Route from Edinburgh. It is so named because it is adjacent to Carlisle Citadel, a former medieval fortress. The station is owned by Network Rail.

In September 1847, the first services departed the station, even though construction was not completed until the following year. It was built in a neo-Tudor style to the designs of English architect William Tite.^[2] Carlisle station was one of a number in the city; the others were Crown Street and London Road, but it became the dominant station by 1851. The other stations had their passenger services redirected to it and were closed. Between 1875 and 1876, the station was expanded to accommodate the lines of the Midland Railway which was the seventh railway company to use it.

The Beeching cuts of the 1960s affected Carlisle, particularly the closure of the former North British Railway lines to Silloth, on 7 September 1964, and the Waverley Line to Edinburgh via Galashiels on 6 January 1969. The closure programme claimed neighbouring lines, including the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway and Portpatrick Railway (the "Port Road") in 1965; this resulted in a significant mileage increase via the Glasgow South Western Line and Ayr to reach Stranraer Harbour and ferries to Northern Ireland. The station layout has undergone few changes other than the singling of the ex-NER Tyne Valley route to London Road Junction in the 1972–73 re-signalling scheme, which was associated with the electrification of the West Coast Main Line (WCML). Renovations to the platforms and glass roof were performed between 2015 and 2018.