Roose railway station should not be confused with Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station.
Roose | |
Symbol Location: | gb |
Symbol: | rail |
Borough: | Roose, Borough of Barrow-in-Furness |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 54.1151°N -3.1944°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Owned: | Network Rail |
Manager: | Northern Trains |
Platforms: | 2 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Code: | ROO |
Classification: | DfT category F2 |
Original: | Furness Railway |
Pregroup: | Furness Railway |
Postgroup: | London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (London Midland Region) |
Years: | 1 June 1851 |
Events: | Opened as Roosegate |
Years1: | 1 March 1858 |
Events1: | Renamed Roose |
Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Map Type: | United Kingdom Borough of Barrow-in-Furness##Cumbria |
Roose is a railway station on the Furness Line, which runs between and . The station, situated NaNmiles east of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the suburb of Roose in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
Facilities here are very basic. The station is unstaffed and there are no permanent buildings present, other than standard shelters. A ticket vending machine is available on platform 1 for purchase of tickets or promise to pay coupons and for the collection of pre-paid tickets.[1] As of today train running information is provided by digital display, telephone and timetable posters. Step-free access to the platforms is available via a ramp on the south side from the nearby road bridge that also acts as the link between the two and directly from the adjacent road on the northbound side.[2] [3]
Roose is served by Northern Trains, who operate a basic hourly service with some two hour gaps between and . Certain trains are extended northwards to and, and several southbound services are extended to or . A similar service operates on Sundays.