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Arnside

CRS Code ARN
Collected date 06/09/14

Arnside sign

We arrived in Arnside about an hour before the Youth Hostel opened, so nipped down to Arnside station to collect it and nearby Silverdale. The station entrance is up a ramp just north of Station Road:

Arnside entrance

The ramp leads up onto the northbound platform 2:

Arnside platform 2 looking north

An iron footbridge connects the two platforms:

Arnside footbridge

Arnside platform 2 north of the footbridge:

Arnside platform 2

Looking north from the footbridge:

Arnside from footbridge looking
north

Looking south from the footbridge:

Arnside from footbridge looking
south

Platform 1 is the southbound platform, and here we look north from its southern end:

Arnside platform 1 looking north

Looking south along the line from the end of platform 1:

Arnside looking south

A station building sits on platform 1, and currently housing the offices for the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty:

Arnside front

The side of the station building:

Arnside side

The rear of the station building:

Arnside rear

A "millennium plaque" from Arnside Parish Council is on the station building:

Arnside plaque

Two plaques commemorate the reconstruction of Arnside Viaduct by Network Rail in 2011:

Arnside viaduct plaques

At the northern end of platform 1 looking south:

Arnside platforms looking south

Looking north along the line from the end of platform 1:

Arnside looking north

The signalbox:

Arnside signalbox