Windermere train station
You can reach 14 stations directly from Windermere on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Kendal, with 34 trains a day.
Address: Station Precinct, Windermere, LA23 1AH
Windermere is the nearest station for postcodes in LA23, LA22, LA21. Check your own postcode.
- 14 direct destinations
- 978th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 16 parking spaces
Direct trains from Windermere
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kendal | 34 | 34 | 20 |
| Oxenholme Lake District | 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 Windermere
Windermere is on the Lakes Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Windermere station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Windermere 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 Windermere station is
402,704 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 978th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Windermere and London Euston than any other pair: 58,902 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, Windermere gains 1 destination including Burnage.
Nearest other stations
- Staveley 3.4 miles
- Burneside 5.7 miles
- Kendal 7.3 miles
- Oxenholme Lake District 8.9 miles
- Arnside 12.6 miles
Facilities at Windermere station
Windermere is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday: 06:40 to 20:45 · Sunday: 11:10 to 20:40
Toilets
Parking at Windermere station
- Station Car Park 16 spaces
£8.80 a day, £35.20 a week
Cycle parking: 6 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 19 May 2026.
Getting to Windermere station
Windermere station is in Westmorland and Furness, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M6 J37 (Killington Interchange), 11.7 miles east.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Windermere 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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