Kendal train station
You can reach 14 stations directly from Kendal on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Oxenholme Lake District, with 34 trains a day.
Address: Station Road, Kendal, LA9 6BT
Kendal is the nearest station for postcodes in LA9, LA8. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Kendal
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxenholme Lake District | 34 | 34 | 20 |
| Windermere | 34 | 34 | 20 |
| Burneside | 32 | 32 | 18 |
| Staveley | 32 | 32 | 18 |
| Lancaster | 10 | 10 | 6 |
| Preston | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| Deansgate | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Gatley | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| Manchester Airport | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Bolton | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Chorley | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Horwich Parkway | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving Kendal
Kendal is on the Lakes Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Kendal station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Kendal station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Kendal station is
180,094 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,458th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Kendal and Windermere than any other pair: 33,760 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.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Kendal gains 1 destination including Burnage.
Nearest other stations
- Burneside 1.9 miles
- Oxenholme Lake District 2.0 miles
- Staveley 4.4 miles
- Windermere 7.3 miles
- Arnside 9.6 miles
Facilities at Kendal station
Kendal is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
Parking at Kendal station
- Station Car Park 4 spaces
free
Cycle parking: 12 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 16 April 2026.
Getting to Kendal station
Kendal station is in Westmorland and Furness, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M6 J37 (Killington Interchange), 4.6 miles east.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Kendal station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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