Lancaster was the base of operations for a holiday in the north west, so once we'd settled into our B&B just over the road from the station I wandered round with a camera.
The station has two entrances, one on each side of the line. This is the approach to the eastern side entrance:
The side of the eastern station building:
The front of the eastern station building:
The eastern station building houses a ticket office and bookshop:
And gives onto a footbridge which links the two sides of the station with the central island:
The exit from the footbridge to platforms 1-3:
And from platforms 3 you reach the real front of the station:
The rear of the station building with platform 3 beneath it:
Detail of the castellations on one end of the station building:
An LC motif in stone on the station building:
On platform 3 looking north:
An old drinking fountain on platform 3:
A plaque marking the 150th anniversary of the death of Joseph Locke:
Looking south from the same point:
The northern end of the canopy on platform 3:
The buffers of the two bay platforms 1 and 2:
Looking north at platforms 1-3:
At the northern end of the station, looking south at the platforms:
Looking north along the line from the same point:
The footbridge seen from platform 4:
The supports of the footbridge seen from platform 3:
Looking south from the footbridge:
The steps from the footbridge to the island platforms 4 and 5:
Looking north at platforms 4 and 5:
The end of the canopy on platforms 4 and 5:
Platform 4 seen from platform 3 opposite:
On platform 5 looking north:
Looking north from further south on platform 5 we see the disused platform which backs onto the eastern station building:
The rear of the eastern station building and its disused platform:
Steps lead up from the disused platform:
But their counterpart on platform 5 has been bricked up:
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