Penrith
General Information
Most links are provided by the generally reliable bus service that links the town to the Lake District as well as Carlisle. Penrith station sits on the West Coast Mainline and has a relatively regular train service south to Oxenholme for the southern lakes and on down to Lancaster, Preston, Manchester and the South. There are regular trains north to Carlisle and onto Edinburgh or Glasgow |
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Stagecoach | 
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| web | www.stagecoachbus.com | |
| description | Modern buses (including some open-top services in summer) providing the bulk of Penrith's links. Services are reliable and day tickets make the prices reasonable. During the summer months high frequency buses link into the Lake District and further afield. | |
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Transpennine Express |  |
| web | www.tpexpress.co.uk | |
| description | Regular train services to Edinburgh/Glasgow via Carlisle and South to Oxenholme, Lancaster and Preston | |
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Virgin Trains |  |
| web | www.virgintrains.co.uk | |
| description | Less regular services than Transpennine but providing links both into Scotland and south to Preston and onto London | |
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