Arnside railway station
Arnside 
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| Location | |
| Place | Arnside |
| Local authority | South Lakeland |
| Coordinates | 54°12′07″N 2°49′41″W / 54.202°N 2.828°WCoordinates: 54°12′07″N 2°49′41″W / 54.202°N 2.828°W |
| Grid reference | SD461788 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ARN |
| 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 |
 0.102 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.110 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.115 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.114 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.110 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1858 |
| Pre-grouping | Ulverston and Lancaster Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Arnside from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Arnside railway station is a railway station that serves the village of Arnside in Cumbria, England. It is located on the Furness Line from Barrow-in-Furness to Lancaster. It is managed & operated by Northern. A short distance west of the station, the railway crosses the Kent estuary on an impressive 50-span viaduct that is some 1,558-foot (475 m) long. This historic structure underwent major repairs & refurbishment, including the complete replacement of the rail deck in 2011. Similar work was carried out on the nearby Leven Estuary viaduct in the spring of 2006.
Opened in 1858 by the Ulverston and Lancaster Railway (a company backed by, and later taken over by the Furness Railway) (FR), the station became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Rail.
A short branch line to Sandside and Hincaster Junction on the West Coast Main Line once diverged from the main line here, which carried a Grange-over-Sands to Kendal local service from its opening in 1876 until 1942. In July 1922, this FR service ran five times per day in each direction on weekdays. The branch was also used by mineral trains from County Durham to the Barrow-in-Furness area. Local freight traffic continued as far as Sandside until final closure of the line in 1972. The disused platform face and trackbed is still visible behind the southbound platform.
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