Harrington railway station

Harrington railway station serves the village of Harrington, Cumbria, England. It is a request stop on the Cumbrian Coast Line 35 miles (56 km) south west of Carlisle. The station is owned by Network Rail and is operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services.

A 1914 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing the complex network which existed in the Workington area

Harrington
LocationHarrington, Allerdale
England
Grid referenceNX990253
Managed byNorthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeHRR
ClassificationDfT category F2
Passengers
2015/16 25,016
2016/17 30,262
2017/18 27,776
2018/19 24,422
2019/20 35,928
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station came to national prominence in 2008 when it was chosen as the initial site for the installation of an experimental ramp to raise the height of the platform to improve access to modern rolling stock. Christened the Harrington Hump, the ramp was built for £25,000[1] - 10% of the estimated cost of the conventional rebuilding that would have otherwise been required to make the platform fully DDA compliant. The modular design has since been deployed at several other rural stations across the UK where the cost of platform upgrades would otherwise have been considered prohibitive.[2]

The station is unstaffed (like most others on the route), but now has been provided with a ticket machine to allow passengers to buy tickets before travelling. Shelters are located on both platforms, which are linked by a footbridge. Step-free access is available only on the southbound side (where the main entrance is situated).[3] Train running information is provided via telephone, digital information screens and timetable posters.

Service

Route 6:
Cumbrian Coast Line and
Windermere Line
Carlisle
Dalston (Cumbria)
Wigton
Aspatria
Maryport
Flimby
Workington
Harrington
Parton
Whitehaven
Corkickle
St. Bees
Nethertown
Braystones
Sellafield
Seascale
Drigg
Ravenglass for Eskdale
Bootle
Silecroft
Millom
Green Road
Foxfield
Kirkby-in-Furness
Askam
Barrow-in-Furness
Roose
Dalton
Ulverston
Cark and Cartmel
Kents Bank
Grange-over-Sands
Arnside
Silverdale
Carnforth
Windermere
Staveley
Burneside
Kendal
Oxenholme Lake District
Lancaster
Preston
Manchester Oxford Road
Manchester Piccadilly
Manchester Airport

There is generally an hourly service northbound to Carlisle and southbound to Whitehaven with most trains going onward to Barrow-in-Furness (no late evening service operates south of Whitehaven).[4] A few through trains operate to/from Lancaster via the Furness Line.

Train operator Northern introduced a regular Sunday through service to Barrow via the coast at the May 2018 timetable change - the first such service south of Whitehaven for more than 40 years. Services run approximately hourly from mid-morning until early evening, with later trains terminating at Whitehaven. This represents a major upgrade on the former infrequent service of four per day each way to/from Whitehaven only that previously operated. In addition, it was announced that Harrington would no longer be a request stop.

Notes

  1. The Harrington Hump - Association of Community Rail Partnerships News Article Archived 2 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine www.acorp.co.uk; Retrieved 2010-12-30
  2. Station hump helps train access BBC News article www.bbc.co.uk; Retrieved 2010-12-30
  3. Harrington station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  4. GB eNRT December 2019 Edition, Table 100
Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Northern
Cumbrian Coast Line


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