Ulverston

CRS Code	ULV
Collected date	10/09/14

In a late afternoon haze we waited at Ulverston, which is a particularly grand late-19th Century building.

The line runs approximately east-west here, and the station building is accessed from a road to the south of the line. A long view of the front of the station from the east end:

The central building:

A lamp bracket on the corner of the central building, with the FR initials of the Furness Railway:

To the west of the central building is a long low wing with a canopy:

Under the canopy of the western end of the station building:

Detail of one of the arches in the western range, showing the date of the station's construction (1874):

Back at the eastern end of the central building we look up at the tower which dominates the station. The clock, incidentally, is correct.

The entrance to the platforms from the front of the station:

When the station ticket office is open it also provides a way to the platforms. It occupies the central building, and this is it from its front entrance:

A plaque reveals that the booking hall was renovated in the 1980s:

A wooden bench and seating area in the ticket hall:

The doorway from the ticket hall onto the platforms:

The entrance to the ticket hall from platform side:

The station buildings back onto platform 1, which benefits from a beautiful glazed canopy. Looking east under the canopy on platform 1:

Looking westward at the rear of the station building under the canopy:

Plaques on the wall of the station building noting the construction of the Grade II listed buildnig in 1874 and its restoration by Railtrack:

The benches are decorated with the Furness Railway's red squirrel nibbling bunches of grapes:

Platform 1 seen from platform 2 opposite:

The area at the western end of platform 1 is little used, but the doorways are nicely painted:

Further west along platform 1, most of the platform's width is enclosed with dark reflective glass. Looking east with the glass to the right:

Looking west from the end of platform 1:

Moving to the eastern end of platform 1, we look west at the platforms:

At the eastern end of platform 1 is this tower of unknown purpose, but now to let:

Beyond the end of platform 1 is a short stretch of disused platform:

Platform 1 is connected to the island platform by a subway. The entrance to the subway:

The subway steps descending from platform 1:

Inside the subway which leads to the island platform:

The exit from the subway on to platform 3:

The lamp posts on the platforms now support more than just lamps. Here a pair of CCTV cameras watch the platform ends:

Ulverston only actually has two operational platforms, but they are numbered 1 and 3 because there is only a single track between the main platform and the island platform, so (theoretically) one could alight from either side of a train. In practice only the platform 1 side is used. Here we look west on the notional platform 2:

Looking east at platforms 1 and 2 from the same point:

The island platform is also provided with a glass canopy. Looking east at the glass canopy:

The western end of the island platform is disused:

In the distance to the west of the station is this signalbox:

The far side of the tracks from platform 1 has a short stretch of platform edge, and a welcoming sign:

A road bridge crosses the line to the station's east. Looking west at the station from the bridge:

Looking east along the line:

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