Carnforth railway station
You can reach 55 stations directly from Carnforth on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Lancaster, with 59 trains a day.
Carnforth is the nearest station for postcodes in LA5. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Carnforth
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster | 59 | 59 | 33 |
| Arnside | 42 | 42 | 25 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 42 | 42 | 25 |
| Dalton | 42 | 42 | 24 |
| Grange-over-Sands | 42 | 42 | 25 |
| Ulverston | 42 | 42 | 25 |
| Cark and Cartmel | 41 | 41 | 23 |
| Silverdale | 41 | 41 | 24 |
| Roose | 40 | 40 | 24 |
| Kents Bank | 38 | 38 | 23 |
| Preston | 25 | 27 | 13 |
| Gatley | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 21 | 21 | 11 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 21 | 21 | 12 |
| Manchester Airport | 21 | 21 | 11 |
| Bolton | 20 | 22 | 12 |
| Chorley | 20 | 22 | 12 |
| Deansgate | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| Bentham | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| Clapham | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| Gargrave | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| Giggleswick | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| Hellifield | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| Long Preston | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| Skipton | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| Wennington | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| Bingley | 14 | 14 | 10 |
| Keighley | 14 | 14 | 10 |
| Shipley | 14 | 14 | 10 |
| Leeds | 13 | 13 | 10 |
| Bare Lane | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| Morecambe | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| Askam | 10 | 10 | 6 |
| Foxfield | 10 | 10 | 6 |
| Green Road | 10 | 10 | 6 |
| Kirkby-in-Furness | 10 | 10 | 6 |
| Millom | 10 | 10 | 6 |
| Bootle | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| Corkickle | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| Drigg | 8 | 8 | 5 |
and 15 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Carnforth is
196,102 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,407th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 16,795 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Carnforth and Lancaster than any other pair: 73,340 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
- Silverdale 3.0 miles
- Bare Lane 4.6 miles
- Arnside 5.5 miles
- Morecambe 5.7 miles
- Lancaster 5.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Carnforth, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Bolton-le-Sands · 1.9 miles
- Borwick · 2.8 miles
- Hest Bank · 3.2 miles
- Halton · 3.8 miles
- Caton · 4.2 miles
- Burton and Holme · 4.4 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.