Arkholme for Kirkby Lonsdale
Former station buildings, now a private dwelling
General information
Location	Arkholme-with-Cawood,Lancaster England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Furness and Midland Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	Furness and Midland Joint Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
6 June 1867	Station opens asArkholme
1 December 1869	Station renamedArkholme for Kirkby Lonsdale
12 September 1960	Closed to passengers
Location Arkholme for Kirkby Lonsdale Location in the present-day City of Lancaster district Show map of the City of Lancaster district Arkholme for Kirkby Lonsdale Location in present-day Lancashire Show map of Lancashire

Arkholme for Kirkby Lonsdale railway station served the village ofArkholme inLancashire, England. It is situated on what is now theLeeds–Morecambe line between the currentWennington andCarnforth stations.

Opened by theFurness and Midland Joint Railway in 1867, then run by theMidland Railway, it became part of theLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway during theGrouping of 1923. The station then passed on to theLondon Midland Region of British Railways onnationalisation in 1948. It was closed by theBritish Transport Commission on 12 September 1960^[1] when the local stopping service between Wennington & Carnforth was withdrawn.

The station building was converted to a private dwelling after closure. It was once owned by comedian and television personalityJim Bowen^[2] and has featured on the TV programmeThrough the Keyhole.

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995).The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.).Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7.OCLC 60251199.OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989).Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0.OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000).Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers.ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1.OCLC 228266687.
• Station on navigable O.S. map

• Photo of the Station
• Railscot – Arkholme

54°08′51″N2°38′07″W / 54.14740°N 2.63518°W /54.14740; -2.63518

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