Date: 28/11/2014

A railway line that runs through the Lake District will be electrified, the government has said. Transport minister Baroness Kramer said the Windermere branch line in Cumbria would be upgraded at a cost of £16m. The work on the 10-mile stretch, which runs between Oxenholme and Windermere, could be completed by 2017 [From Mark Bartlett]

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A railway line that runs through the Lake District will be electrified, the government says.

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A full house at Oxenholme on 2 February 2013 with (from right to left) in platform 1 a Pendolino for Euston, in platform 2 a double Super Voyager for Glasgow and hiding under the roof in platform 3 is a TPE Class 185 on the Windermere branch service.
Location: Oxenholme
Company: Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
02/02/2013 John McIntyre

A neglected looking Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42680 prepares to take a train out of Windermere station in 1964. The locomotive was finally withdrawn from Carnforth shed in March the following year and made its last journey to Drapers of Hull shortly thereafter.
Location: Windermere
Company: Kendal and Windermere Railway
//1964 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

The basic present day layout at Windermere is seen to good effect as 185134 waits to depart for Oxenholme. Basic it may be but there is a roughly hourly service from 0650 to 2245, seventeen departures in total, and that compares very favourably with the sparse winter timetable for 1964 [see image 27662].
Location: Windermere
Company: Kendal and Windermere Railway
02/02/2010 Mark Bartlett