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{{short description|Railway station in Lancashire, UK}}
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{{Use British English|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox GB station
| symbol    = rail
| name      =  Bare Lane
| image_name= barelane.jpg
| code = BAR
| manager   = [[Northern (train operating company)|Northern]] 
| locale    = [[Bare, Lancashire|Bare]] 
| borough   = [[City of Lancaster|Lancaster]] 
| platforms = 2
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| gridref      = SD454646
| years        = 8 August 1864
| events       = Opened as ''Poulton-le-Sands''<ref name=Butt>{{Butt-Stations|page=190}}</ref>
| years1       = 31 October 1864
| events1      = Renamed ''Bare Lane''<ref name=Butt/>
| original  = [[London and North Western Railway]] 
| postgroup = [[London Midland and Scottish Railway]]  
| dft_category = F1
| coordinates = {{coord|54.075|-2.836|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Bare Lane railway station''' serves the village of [[Bare, Lancashire|Bare]], which is a suburb of [[Morecambe]] in [[Lancashire]], England.
It is located on the [[Morecambe Branch Line]] from [[Lancaster railway station|Lancaster]] to [[Heysham Port railway station|Heysham Port]] and was opened by the [[London and North Western Railway]] in 1864.

A [[level crossing]] with the public highway known as Bare Lane exists immediately to the west of the station, which until recently was controlled by the adjacent Bare Lane [[signal box]], a fringe cabin to the [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]] PSB Area.  This box was closed on 8 December 2012,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.railscot.co.uk/img/41/291/| title=Bare Lane signal box pictured on 7 December 2012, shortly before closure| website=Railscot| accessdate=2012-12-22}}</ref> when the signalling equipment was renewed by [[Network Rail]] and control of the crossing switched to [[CCTV]] and transferred to Preston power box.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browseDirectory.aspx?dir=\Network%20Code\Network%20Change\Current%20Proposals\London%20North%20Western\NCG12011LNW506%20Bare%20Lane%20Hest%20Bank&pageid=2889&root=| title=NR Bare Lane box closure proposals & TOC responses| website=Network Rail| accessdate=2011-05-26}}{{dead link|date=August 2019}}</ref>

The old station building on the platform is now a private dwelling. It was auctioned to the public, and was featured on the [[BBC]] programme ''Homes Under the Hammer'', a show about buildings which are auctioned to the public and redeveloped.
[[File:Bare Lane Station 1758479 0089f60e.jpg|thumb|left|The station in 1962]]
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==Layout==
Although the station has two side platforms, the track layout through it is not the conventional [[double track]] used on most main & secondary routes, but two independent bi-directional single lines.  Platform 1 serves the Up & Down Morecambe line (which is in effect a long siding all the way to the terminus), whilst platform 2 handles trains on what is now the Up & Down Heysham line.  The latter is connected to the now-single track branch down to {{rws|Heysham Port}} at Holt Bank Junction (just outside Morecambe station), with the junction points operated from a ground frame worked by the train crew.  The two lines converge east of the station, but then immediately split into the single line curves toward {{rws|Hest Bank}} and towards Lancaster; the former sees only limited use, whereas the latter was double track until 1988 and is used by the vast majority of trains on the route.

This layout dates from the closure of the former terminus at {{rws|Morecambe Promenade}} and its associated signal box in February 1994, with Bare Lane signal box taking over control of all signalling on the line thereafter (other than that controlling the junctions with the main line at Hest Bank).  As mentioned above however, it was closed in December 2012. The structure remained intact for another year and had been used for several months by [[Northern (train operating company)|Northern]] staff as a manned help point for travellers due to the absence of digital passenger information screens at the station.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.railscot.co.uk/img/43/836/| title=Photo of interior of decommissioned signal box in July 2013| website=Railscot| accessdate=2013-12-05}}</ref>  It was eventually demolished in January 2014 after the PIS screens were installed and finally brought into use.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.railscot.co.uk/img/46/50/| title=Bare Lane station on 22 January 2014 after demolition of the signal box| website=Railscot| accessdate=2014-01-23}}</ref>

The station isn't staffed and has no ticket facilities of any kind (passengers must buy them in advance or on the train).  Waiting shelters are provided and both platforms have step-free access.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/BAR/details.html| title=Bare Lane station facilities| website=National Rail Enquiries| accessdate=1 December 2016}}</ref>

==Services==
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The station is served by [[Northern (train operating company)|Northern]] local services, which operate as a regular (hourly with some peak extras) Lancaster-Morecambe shuttle.<ref name = NRT98>GB National Rail Timetable May 2019, Table 98</ref>  One return service throughout the week is extended to and from {{rws|Heysham Port}} to meet the daily ferry to the Isle of Man.

There are also a few longer-distance services (currently five per day Mon-Sat) from Morecambe to [[Skipton]] and [[Leeds]] via the [[Leeds to Morecambe Line]].<ref>{{NRtimes|May 2019|42}}</ref>  In addition, for many years the last train each weekday evening was a [[First TransPennine Express]] service from [[Windermere railway station|Windermere]], which diverted from its route to [[Barrow-in-Furness railway station|Barrow-in-Furness]].  This service called at Lancaster, Bare Lane and Morecambe, before reversing, calling at Bare Lane again, then rejoining the [[West Coast Main Line]] and continuing via [[Carnforth railway station|Carnforth]] thus avoiding the 1m 7ch section of the WCML between [[Hest Bank South Junction]] and [[Hest Bank North Junction]].  This was the only scheduled service to use the original 1864 curve towards Hest Bank and as such functioned as a [[Parliamentary train]] to avoid the need for formal closure proceedings for this short stretch of line.  In the present (May 2019) timetable, just one early a.m Lancaster to Morecambe via Carnforth train takes this route to meet the TOC's franchise obligations.<ref name = NRT98 />

{{rail start}}
{{rail line three to one
|previous3 = {{rws|Oxenholme Lake District}}<br><small>(limited service)</small>
|previous2 = {{rws|Carnforth}}<br><small>(limited service)</small>
|previous1 = {{rws|Lancaster}}
|next     = {{rws|Morecambe}}
|route    = [[Northern (train operating company)|Northern]]<br />{{small|[[Leeds to Morecambe Line]]<br />& [[Morecambe Branch Line]]}} 
|col      = {{Northern colour}} 
}}
{{Historical Rail Insert}}
{{rail line two to two
|previous1 = {{stnlnk|Lancaster Castle}}
|previous2 = {{stnlnk|Hest Bank}}
|next1     = {{stnlnk|Morecambe Euston Road}}<br />{{small|until 1963}}
|next2     = {{stnlnk|Morecambe Promenade}}<br />{{small|from 1958}}
|route     = [[London and North Western Railway]]<br />{{small|[[Morecambe Branch Line]]}}
|col       = {{LNWR colour}}
}}
{{s-end}}

==References==
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== External links ==
{{commons category|Bare Lane railway station}}
{{stn art lnk|BAR|LA46RN}}
*[http://www.railbrit.co.uk/location.php?photographer=&loc=BareLane&offset=0 Railscot - Bare Lane]


{{Railway stations in Lancashire}}
{{City of Lancaster}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Lancaster]]
[[Category:Former Lancaster and Carlisle Railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1864]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by Northern (train operating company)]]
[[Category:Morecambe]]