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Carlisle Railway Station

Location : Carlisle
Map - Ordnance Survey - NY 403556

Carlisle Station. Pic F112P4.

Carlisle Railway Station, with its imposing facade, was designed in 1847 by Sir William Tite, who had designed The Bank of England and the Royal Exchange in London 2 years previously. He used a Tudor Gothic style to harmonise with the crenellated towers of the Citadel, designed by Sir Robert Smirke.

Carlisle station had seven operating companies travelling over eight routes, and was one of Britain's foremost railway junctions.

Carlisle Station. Pic F94P16.

Carlisle Station.
Picture by Wikipedia - Tagishsimon

Carlisle is the Northern terminus of the famous Settle-Carlisle Railway. Only London had more railway companies entering its city. All the companies had seperate goods yards, and most had their own engine sheds.

Carlisle Station - Duches of Sutherland, 20-Apr-2002. Pic N0837.
The Duchess of Sutherland (6233) at Carlisle Station 20-Apr-2002.

There is a long stay pay-and-display car park at the station, which is only minutes walk from the centre of Carlisle.

Next to the station is the imposing Lakes Court Hotel, a stately railway hotel designed in 1852 by Anthony Salvin.

The video Railway City is the fascinating story of the railways in Carlisle from the construction of the Newcastle and Carlisle line in the 1830s and the opening of Citadel Station in 1847, on through the golden age to the decline of the post war period. The video is available, coupled with Steam on the Settle Carlisle, from Striding Edge.

Historic railways operating through Carlisle :

Wikipedia Links to current rail routes :

National Rail - Carlisle

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