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Carlisle Railway Station

Carlisle railway station, or Carlisle Citadel, is a Grade II* listed railway station serving the cathedral city of Carlisle, , England. It is on the West Coast Main Line, 102 miles south-east of and 299 miles north north-west of London Euston.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK
  • Also known as: “CAR”, “Carlisle railway station”, and “Citadel Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Carlisle Cathedral and Carlisle Castle.

Church
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, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in Carlisle, is a Grade I listed Anglican cathedral in the city of Carlisle, , . is situated 2,000 feet northwest of Carlisle Railway Station.

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is a stone keep medieval fortress located in the city of near the ruins of . First built during the reign of William II in 1092 and rebuilt in stone under Henry I in 1122, the castle is over 930 years old and has been the scene of many episodes in British history. is situated 3,100 feet northwest of Carlisle Railway Station.

Hotel
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is situated 530 feet north of Carlisle Railway Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carlisle and Raffles.

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is a city in , in northwest England 10 miles from the border with Scotland, with a population of 74,200 in 2024. Most visitors are just making an overnight stop on a long motorway journey, but reasons to linger include the cathedral, castle and museums.

Suburb
or the Estate is a suburb of Carlisle, , . The estate consists mainly of council built and Housing association properties, and in 1994 had a population of 5,800.

Hamlet
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is a village in the civil parish of , in the district, in the county of , England. It is situated near Carlisle, next to the .

Carlisle Railway Station

Latitude
54.89026° or 54° 53′ 25″ north
Longitude
-2.93305° or 2° 55′ 59″ west
Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)
Operator
Avanti West Coast
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“CAR”
IATA airport code
CXX
Open location code
9C6VV3R8+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10288172
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
6952236
Wiki­data ID
Q2792535
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Welsh—“Carlisle Railway Station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “卡萊爾站”
  • Chinese: “卡萊爾車站”
  • Dutch: “station Carlisle”
  • Dutch: “Station Carlisle”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة كارليسل”
  • French: “gare de Carlisle”
  • Italian: “stazione di Carlisle”
  • Italian: “Stazione di Carlisle”
  • Japanese: “カーライル駅”
  • Polish: “Carlisle”
  • Russian: “Карлайл-Цитадель (станция)”
  • Russian: “Карлайл-Цитадель”
  • Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Caerliwelydd”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Carlisle Railway Station”. Photo: Tagishsimon, CC BY-SA 3.0.