To accommodate this, it is proposed that Carlisle’s platforms three and four are extended, and platform two is filled in. A new platform would also be created on the southern side of the station ...

A spokesperson from Avanti West Coast said: "Platform 1 at Carlisle station has been temporarily closed as a safety precaution due to storm damage to the roof above.

The waiting room, which is on platform four, was built by architect William Tite in 1880 as an extension to his original 1847 neo-Tudor station designs.

The UK’s Network Rail (NR) will replace the roof and rebuild all eight platforms at Carlisle station in Cumbria. Carried out as part of NR’s Railway Upgrade Plan, the £14.7m upgrade would extend the ...