Ulverston railway station
Ulverston 
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| Location | |
| Place | Ulverston |
| Local authority | South Lakeland |
| Grid reference | SD284778 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ULV |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.225 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.273 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.267 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.268 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.270 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1857 |
| Listed status | |
| Listed feature | Ulverston Railway Station including Nightclub Premises |
| Listing grade | Grade II listed |
| Entry number | 1270170 |
| Added to list | 24 June 1974 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ulverston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Ulverston railway station is a Grade II listedrailway station that serves the town of Ulverston in Cumbria, England.
It is located on the Furness Line from Barrow-in-Furness to Lancaster. It is operated by Northern, who replaced former manager First TransPennine Express at the beginning of April 2016.
It is served by local services operated by Northern from Lancaster to Barrow-in-Furness (with some continuing to Sellafield or Carlisle via the Cumbrian Coast Line) and by semi-fast services from Preston and Manchester Airport. From December 2017, these will operate on an improved frequency (eight through trains to/from Manchester Airport per day instead of the current four).
The current buildings are architecturally noteworthy and date from 1873, when they were rebuilt as befitting one of the main stations of the Furness Railway. The clock tower and glass awnings and supporting decorative ironwork, now extensively restored and repainted, are particularly fine. The passenger waiting room retains many period features.
The Furness Railway's line from Barrow & Dalton-in-Furness was the first railway to serve the town, being completed on 7 June 1854. Three years later the Ulverston and Lancaster Railway opened the line southwards to Carnforth via Arnside and built a new through station on the current site, which opened on 26 August 1857, leaving the old FR terminus to be used as a goods depot. The Furness Railway then took over the Ulverston & Lancaster company in 1862.
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