Windermere

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Windermere

Station code: WDM National Rail
Where: North West England, England
Opened on the Kendal and Windermere Railway.




Nearby stations
Staveley
Burneside
Coniston
Lakeside [FR]
Kendal
Newby Bridge
Torver
Oxenholme Lake District
Haverthwaite
Grayrigg [1st]
Heversham
Grayrigg [2nd]
Sandside
Woodland
Greenodd
Coniston Mines Goods
Kendal Canal Basin [LC]
Crowpark Bridge [LC]
Larkrigg Hall Bridge 180 [LC]
Horse Park Bridge [LC]
Sedgwick Aqueduct
Sedgwick Hall Bridge 177 [LC]
Docker Viaduct
Haverthwaite East Tunnel
Haverthwaite West Tunnel
Howards Bridge 176 [LC]
Tourist/other
Ambleside Pier
Kendal Castle
Hay Fell Signal Box
Lambrigg Crossing Signal Box
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


News items

11/05/2022South Cumbrian train ticket offices at risk of closure say RMT [The Mail in South Cumbria]
27/04/2022Windermere station event celebrates 175 years of railway [Northern]
28/06/2021Lake District National Park announces Windermere Gateway project [News and Star]
14/01/2021Northern services resume after landslip [News and Star]
08/08/2020Lakes Line to celebrate 175th anniversary [The Westmorland Gazette]
18/06/2018Vintage train company steps in to reopen Lake District line [The Guardian]
16/11/2016Oxenholme to Windermere railway upgrade delayed [BBC News]
11/12/2015Arriva confirms Northern rolling stock plans [International Railway Journal]
28/11/2014Lake District rail line to be electrified [BBC News]
30/06/2014Carnforth train campaign reaches the top [The Visitor]

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The Lake Counties v. 14 (Regional Railway History)

Cumbrian Railway Photographer, William Nash (X Series)

Cumbrian Railways (Sutton's Photographic History of Railways)

Images of Cumbrian Railways

Kendal and Windermere Railway

The Kendal and Windermere Railway (Oakwood Library of Railway History)

Walks Around Windermere (Dalesman Walks Around)

Wings on Windermere: The History of the Lake District's Forgotten Flying Boat Factory (White)