Harrington railway station

Harrington
Location
Place	Harrington
Local authority	Allerdale
Grid reference	NX990253
Operations
Station code	HRR
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	10,679
2005/06	12,670
2006/07	12,901
2007/08	17,153
2008/09	16,192
2009/10	20,518
2010/11	22,218
2011/12	23,168
2012/13	24,740
2013/14	22,870
2014/15	25,514
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Harrington from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Harrington Railway Station serves the village of Harrington in Cumbria, England. It is a request stop on the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line 35 miles (56 km) south west of Carlisle. It is operated by Northern, which provides all passenger train services.

A 1914 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing the complex network which existed in the Workington area

The station came to national prominence in 2008 when it was chosen as the initial site for the installation of an experimental ramp to raise the height of the platform to improve access to modern rolling stock. Christened the Harrington Hump, the ramp was built for £25,000^[1] - 10% of the estimated cost of the conventional rebuilding that would have otherwise been required to make the platform fully DDA compliant. The modular design has since been deployed at several other rural stations across the UK where the cost of platform upgrades would otherwise have been considered prohibitive.^[2]

Service

There is generally an hourly service to/from Carlisle and Whitehaven, with eleven trains per day continuing southbound to Barrow-in-Furness (some continue through to Lancaster). On Sundays four trains run each way, to Carlisle and Whitehaven only.^[3]

Notes

1. The Harrington Hump - Association of Community Rail Partnerships News Article www.acorp.co.uk; Retrieved 2010-12-30
2. Station hump helps train access BBC News article www.bbc.co.uk; Retrieved 2010-12-30
3. GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 100 (Network Rail)

External links

• Train times and station information for Harrington railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Workington		Northern Cumbrian Coast Line		Parton

Coordinates: 54°36′47″N 3°33′58″W / 54.613°N 3.566°W