When did local services north of Lancaster stop? I think it was from the winter timetable in 1968-69.
EDIT: (apologies, brain froze) I meant 67-68. I know the main-line platforms were out of use in the summer of 68.
I can imagine it was difficult to justify. I don[t really know what the service was, but I suspect around 4 trains a day each way. I'd certainly be surprised if it were more than 6.......
Wikipedia suggests May 1970 as the closure date of the main line platforms (following closure of Milnthorpe, Tebay and Shap on 1/7/68). I'm afraid that my records are very thin after the mid-sixties.
The March 1967 - May 1968 timetable shows the following northbound departures from Carnforth:
WEEKDAYS
0500 Kendal & Windermere only
0755 All to Windermere
0830 Oxenholme & all to Carlisle
0845SO (1/7-19/8) (ex Morecambe Prom. not via Lancaster) Carlisle, Motherwell, Glasgow Central
0900 (ex Preston) Oxenholme & all to Windermere
1058SX (3/7-25/8) (ex Blackpool North) Kendal & Windermere only
1124SX (12/6-1/9) (ex Morecambe Prom. not via Lancaster) Oxenholme & all to Windermere
1312 (ex Euston 0905) Oxenholme, Kendal & Windermere only
1516 Oxenholme & all to Carlisle
1535 Oxenholme & all to Windermere
1805SO (8/7-26/8) (ex Blackpool North) Oxenholme, Carlisle, Haltwhistle, Hexham, Newcastle
1850 (ex Warrington BQ via Earlestown) Oxenholme & all to Windermere
2025SX Oxenholme & all to Windermere
2025SO All to Windermere
2115SX (ex Euston 1705) Oxenholme, Penrith, Carlisle
2115SO (ex Euston 1705) All, except Shap, to Carlisle
SUNDAYS
Bus Service in operation throughout timetable.
1050BUS (ex Lancaster) Oxenholme, Penrith, Carlisle
1154BUS (ex Preston) Oxenholme, Penrith
1719BUS (ex Preston) Oxenholme, Penrith, Carlisle
Note: An all stations train to Carlisle (at this time) would have called at Milnthorpe, Oxenholme, Tebay, Shap, Penrith and Carlisle.
I'm quite surprised at how many trains were using the down main platform at Carnforth at this time. Ignoring dated trains there are TEN per day, of which SIX originate at Carnforth, TWO at Euston and ONE at each of Preston & Warrington.