The £550,000 project, which has been funded by the Department for Transport, has created a better welcome at the historic station by offering more attractive and comfortable areas to meet and wait.
The ‘historic interior of the adjacent waiting room with its magnificent wooden roof beams can be appreciated much more effectively than before,’ thanks to the removal of the galvanised metal framework supporting the emergency lighting, which has been relocated.
The project is part of the Department for Transport’s National Stations Improvement Programme, administered by Network Rail. Virgin Trains delivered the work.
Stuart Davison, Station Manager in Cumbria for Virgin Trains, said:
“Thanks to these improvements, this historic station offers a much more attractive gateway for passengers embarking on the railways that radiate from Carlisle.”
The main contractor was Serco Project Services. Work has been under way since last October and was completed in March.
Carlisle Citadel station is used by almost 1.8 million passengers a year.
