Bassenthwaite Lake Station

Much of the former track bed of the CK&PR west from Keswick was used for improvements to the A66 road to Workington. Near the foot of the lake, the derelict station building at Bassenthwaite has recently been restored as an already very popular café. A short section of track was re-laid next to the platform, now occupied by a replica SNCF Class 241 locomotive and mock-up of some Wagon Lit stock, including a baggage car. The train was used in the 2017 film version of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. We enjoyed breakfast at a table for two in the art deco-style carriage. The main station building is decorated with reminders of the line as it used to be before closure in 1966. The Keswick to Penrith section further east survived until 1972.