Oxenholme The Lake District Railway Station, Cumbria

Oxenholme The Lake District Railway Station

Location : Kendal
Map - Ordnance Survey - SD 531902

oxenholme Station.

'Oxenholme The Lake District' railway station, located just outside Kendal, is a junction between the West Coast Main Line and the Windermere Branch Line.

The TransPennine Express service to Windermere stops at Kendal, Burneside, Staveley and Windermere. A 10 minutes walk takes you into the village of Oxenholme. A local bus service runs frequently from outside the station into Kendal. A taxi rank is also situated on the station forecourt.

The station has a strictly vegetarian buffet on the northbound platform.

oxenholme Station.
Above two photos by Matthew Emmott.

oxenholme Station.

oxenholme Station.
Above two photos by Tony Richards.

In February 1965, Pc George William Russell was shot and fatally injured at Oxenholme railway station. On 21st June 2007 a plaque in his honour was unveiled at a ceremony at the station.

On May 27, 2006 the station was the scene of a murder, when a young man was stabbed aboard a Glasgow-Paignton train.

On 23 February 2007, the Grayrigg rail crash happened between Oxenholme and Tebay on the West Coast Main Line.