Grange-over-Sands
General information
Location	Grange-over-Sands, South Lakeland England
Coordinates	54°11′45″N 2°54′09″W / 54.1957590°N 2.9025366°W / 54.1957590; -2.9025366
Grid reference	SD411781
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	GOS
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway
Pre-grouping	Furness Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (London Midland Region)
Key dates
1 September 1857	Opened as Grange
1 June 1916	Renamed Grange-over-Sands
2 April 1923	Renamed Grange
1 October 1930	Renamed Grange-over-Sands
Passengers
2018/19	0.135 million
2019/20	0.158 million
2020/21	41,274
2021/22	0.132 million
2022/23	0.128 million
Listed Building – Grade II
Feature	Original Furness Railway station building
Designated	2 May 1975
Reference no.	1269659[1]
Location
Grange-over-Sands Location in South Lakeland, Cumbria Show map of the former South Lakeland district Grange-over-Sands Location in Cumbria, England Show map of Cumbria
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Grange-over-Sands is a railway station on the Furness Line, which runs between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster. The station, situated 15+1⁄2 miles (25 km) north-west of Lancaster, serves the town of Grange-over-Sands in Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

History

The station was opened as Grange on 1 September 1857 by the Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway.^[2][3]

The station was renamed several times, alternating between Grange and Grange-over-Sands, the current name being settled on by the London Midland and Scottish Railway in October 1930.^[3]

The station building was designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley for the Furness Railway Company in about 1864.^[4]

Two camping coaches were positioned here by the London Midland Region from 1954 to 1964, and four coaches from 1965 to 1970.^[5]

At one time the line carried a very heavy industrial traffic to support the iron and steel industry of the Furness area, including coke from County Durham.

Location

The station is adjacent to the Grange-over-Sands Promenade which runs along the edge of Morecambe Bay (until the River Kent changed its course, it was alongside the promenade - it is now further out in the bay towards Arnside).

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kents Bank		Northern Trains Furness Line		Arnside

Facilities

The station booking office is on the "up" (Lancaster) platform and is staffed all week; the "down" (Barrow-in-Furness) platform features a second-hand book-shop named Oversands Bookshop. There is step-free access to both platforms.^[6] Digital information screens, customer help points and automatic announcements provide train running information.

There is a small car park at the station, and a bus-stop for local services. The X6 bus operated by Stagecoach also travels to Ulverston and Barrow (westbound) and Kendal (eastbound), departing every hour during the day.^[7]

The station was awarded 'Heritage Station of the Year' in 2012.

Services

Northern Trains Route 6
v t e
Cumbrian Coast, Furness and Windermere Lines
Carlisle Dalston Wigton Aspatria Maryport Flimby Workington Harrington Parton Whitehaven Corkickle St Bees Nethertown Braystones Sellafield Seascale Drigg Ravenglass for Eskdale Bootle Silecroft Millom Green Road Foxfield Kirkby-in-Furness Askam Barrow-in-Furness Roose Dalton Ulverston Cark & Cartmel Kents Bank Grange-over-Sands Arnside Silverdale Carnforth Windermere Staveley Burneside Kendal Oxenholme Lake District Lancaster Preston Wigan North Western Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Piccadilly Mauldeth Road Burnage East Didsbury Gatley Heald Green Manchester Airport
Bootle, Braystones, Drigg, Flimby, Green Road, Kirkby-in-Furness, Nethertown, Parton and Silecroft are request stops.

It is primarily served by local services from Lancaster to Barrow-in-Furness, with some continuing to Sellafield or Carlisle via the Cumbrian Coast Line. A number of southbound services run through to Preston and Manchester Airport. There is normally one train an hour in each direction on weekdays & Saturdays (with peak extras) and an hourly service on Sundays.^[8] Since the May 2018 timetable change, there is a Sunday service on the Cumbrian Coast and a handful of through trains operate (three each way - connections are available at Barrow at other times).