Windermere branch line
On privatisation in 1994, it was initially operated by First North Western, then First TransPennine Express from 2005 and since April 2016 by Northern.Entry to and exit from the branch is controlled by the signalling centre at Carlisle and before a service can proceed beyond the branch platform at Oxenholme, the driver must collect the train staff from a cabinet on the platform, which is electrically released by the Carlisle signaller.Previously Class 175 "Coradias" operated the services provided by First North Western and TPE until 2006.The £5,500 per day reported cost (total approx £80,000 over two weeks of operation) is said to have been paid for by the Department for Transport.Platform 3 at Oxenholme Lake District was electrified in 2018 despite the cancelled branch line electrification.
Class 195BurnesideWindermereNetwork RailCumbriaNorth West EnglandOxenholme Lake DistrictWest Coast Main LineNational RailNorthern TrainsTrack gaugestandard gaugeLoading gaugeStaveleyKendalCarlislePrestonbranch railway lineOxenholmeKendal and Windermere RailwayLancaster and Carlisle RailwayLondon and North Western RailwayLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway1923 GroupingnationalisationLondon Midland Region of British RailwaysprivatisationFirst North WesternFirst TransPennine ExpressNortherndouble-trackmain lineMorecambe Euston RoadManchester ExchangeLondon Eustonsingle linepassing loopsDiesel Multiple Unitstop and tailLancasterManchester AirportClass 195sClass 153Class 156Class 175"Coradias"Class 158sArriva Rail NorthWest Coast RailwaysNorth West of EnglandManchester–Preston lineClass 350"Desiro"Class 769Class 319bi-mode unitsClass 331 'Civity'Arthur RansomePigeon PostWayback MachineRailway GazetteBuxton lineCalder Valley lineChester–Warrington lineCrewe–Derby lineGlossop lineHope Valley lineHuddersfield lineLeeds–Morecambe lineMid-Cheshire lineMorecambe branch lineRibble Valley lineStafford–Manchester lineTyne Valley lineWeaver Junction–Liverpool lineBlackpool branch linesBorderlands lineChester–Birkenhead lineCrewe–Manchester lineCumbrian Coast lineEast Lancashire lineFurness lineHooton–Helsby lineKirkby branch lineLiverpool–Manchester linesLiverpool–Wigan lineManchester–Southport lineNorthern lineOrmskirk branch lineSettle–Carlisle lineStockport–Stalybridge lineStyal lineWirral lineEast Lancashire RailwayEden Valley RailwayLakeside & Haverthwaite RailwayRibble Steam Railway