A railway station in the Lake District has unveiled an exhibition of photographs to celebrate its 146-year history.
Ulverston Station has ten framed photographs lining the walls of the underpass, following a cleanup and repainting effort by a team of volunteers earlier this year.
The historic Grade II listed station has images dating back to 1915.
These were provided free of charge by the Cumbrian Railways Association (CRA). Among the framed photos is one of former station manager EG Woolgar with his staff, taken in July 1916, a steam locomotive preparing to depart in September 1963 and a view of the station entrance from October 1980.
Selected by station manager Jane Murray and David Stubbins, a CRA volunteer, the photographs aim to bring the station's history to life.
Ms Murray said: "My idea was to bring back some of the history of the station to this area by putting up 10 specially prepared poster cases and filling them with pictures of days gone by.
"I am so proud of what has been achieved and I do hope that everyone who walks in the underpass enjoys looking at these pictures, which will give them an insight into what the station looked like many years ago."
The initiative is part of a series of improvements at Ulverston Station, following feedback from customers.
This project includes the efforts of 22 volunteers who, in May, dedicated more than six hours to cleaning and repainting the station's underpass, handrails, and stairs.
Volunteers came from Northern, Network Rail, Transport Focus, ISS UK and the Northern Accessibility User Group (NAUG). As part of a £10,000 upgrade, Northern has also repainted the waiting room.
It has carried out repairs on the clock tower, chimney stacks, and canopy gutters.
New glass windows, installation of automated doors and repainting of the underpass, handrails, stairs and canopies are also part of the upgrade.
Northern prepares plans with Network Rail for the replacement of the station’s glass roof and installation of a new under-canopy lighting system.
Northern is the second largest train operator in the UK, running 2,500 services a day to more than 500 stations across the North of England.
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