Carlisle railway station
Carlisle 
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| Carlisle Citadel | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Carlisle |
| Local authority | City of Carlisle |
| Coordinates | 54°53′28″N 2°56′02″W / 54.891°N 2.934°WCoordinates: 54°53′28″N 2°56′02″W / 54.891°N 2.934°W |
| Grid reference | NY401555 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CAR |
| Managed by | Virgin Trains |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| Number of platforms | 8 |
| DfT category | B |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.787 million |
| – Interchange |
0.326 million |
| 2012/13 |
 1.770 million |
| – Interchange |
0.320 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.815 million |
| – Interchange |
0.327 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.909 million |
| – Interchange |
0.351 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.833 million |
| – Interchange |
0.353 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Caledonian Railway/Lancaster and Carlisle Railway joint |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway/London and North Western Railway joint |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 1 September 1847 | Opened as Carlisle Citadel |
| 1875 | Extended |
| (after 1948) | Renamed Carlisle |
| Listed status | |
| Listed feature | Citadel Station |
| Listing grade | Grade II* listed |
| Entry number | 1196969 |
| Added to list | 13 November 1972 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Carlisle from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Carlisle railway station, also known as Carlisle Citadel station, is a Grade II* listedrailway station serving the city of Carlisle, Cumbria, England, and is a major station on the West Coast Main Line, lying 102 miles (164 km) south east of Glasgow Central, and 299 miles (481 km) north north west of London Euston. It is also the northern terminus of the celebrated Settle and Carlisle Line – notionally (and historically) a continuation of the Midland Main Line from Leeds, Sheffield and ultimately London St Pancras.
The station was built in 1847, in a neo-Tudor style to the designs of William Tite. It was then one of a number of stations in the city – the others were at Crown Street (Maryport & Carlisle Railway) and London Road (Newcastle and Carlisle Railway) – but had become the main one by 1851; it was expanded and extended in 1875–76, with the arrival of the Midland Railway (which became the seventh different company to serve it).
The Beeching Axe saw two significant rail closures including the former North British Railway lines to Silloth (closed on 7 September 1964) and Edinburgh via Galashiels (the Waverley Line, closed on 6 January 1969). The closure programme also claimed the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway and Portpatrick Railway (the "Port Road") in 1965, resulting in a significant mileage increase via the Glasgow South Western Line & Ayr to reach Stranraer Harbour and thus Northern Ireland.
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