Lancaster railway station

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Lancaster railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Lancaster in Lancashire. It is one of the principal stations on the West Coast Main Line.

Lancaster railway station has five platforms currently in use.

Platform 1 - north facing bay platform
Platform 2 - north facing bay platform
Platform 3 - through platform for trains to the north
Platform 4 - through platform for trains to the south
Platform 5 - bidirectional through platform

In addition, there are two central through lines for non-stop passenger trains and freight traffic. There is also a disused platform 6, which is often used to stable stock.

Lancaster is served by several train operators.

Virgin Trains operate express trains from London Euston to Carlisle, Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley using new Pendolino trains , and from Scotland to the South-West and the South Coast using new Virgin Voyagers. These services normally use platforms 3 and 4.
First TransPennine Express operate regional express services using Class 175 units, from Manchester Airport to Barrow-in-Furness via the Furness Line, and to Windermere via the Windermere Branch Line. These services also use platforms 3 and 4.
Northern Rail operate local services, along the Furness Line to Barrow-in-Furness, the Morecambe Branch Line to Morecambe and Heysham and the Airedale Line to Skipton. These services are operated using diesel multiple units of Classes 142, 150, 153 and 156, and normally use platforms 1, 2 and 5.

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[Train times] and [station information] for Lancaster railway station from National Rail
[Street map] and [aerial photo] of Lancaster railway station from Multimap.com

West Coast Main Line

Principal stations
(from south to north)
London Euston
Watford Junction
Milton Keynes Central
Rugby
Nuneaton
Tamworth
Lichfield Trent Valley
Stafford
Crewe then
>Manchester Piccadilly or
>Liverpool Lime Street or
Warrington Bank Quay
Wigan North Western
Preston
Lancaster
Oxenholme Lake District
Penrith North Lakes
Carlisle
Lockerbie
Carstairs Junction then
Motherwell
Glasgow Central or
>Haymarket
>Edinburgh Waverley

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