Armathwaite railway station
Armathwaite 
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The Citadel Express stopped at Armathwaite for photographs
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| Location | |
| Place | Armathwaite |
| Local authority | Eden |
| Coordinates | 54°48′32″N 2°46′19″W / 54.809°N 2.772°WCoordinates: 54°48′32″N 2°46′19″W / 54.809°N 2.772°W |
| Grid reference | NY504463 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | AWT |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 9,556 |
| 2012/13 |
9,194 |
| 2013/14 |
8,130 |
| 2014/15 |
7,786 |
| 2015/16 |
5,950 |
| History | |
| 1 May 1876 | opened |
| May 1970 | closed |
| July 1986 | reopened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Armathwaite from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Armathwaite railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Armathwaite in Cumbria, England. The station is managed by Northern, who operate all trains serving it. It is now, since the closure of Cotehill (1952), Cumwhinton (1956) and Scotby (1942) stations, the final stop on the Settle-Carlisle Line before the terminus at Carlisle. It was opened in May 1876, closed in May 1970 when local passenger trains ceased on the route and reopened by British Rail in July 1986. By then, the original station building on the Carlisle-bound platform had been sold for private use so a passenger shelter was built at the northern end of that platform. A brick-built passenger waiting room exists on the Leeds-bound platform.
The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders. It became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
Sectorisation was introduced by British Rail in the 1980s, and when the station was reopened, it was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Rail.
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