NORTHERN said it was ‘committed to improving and restoring’ a train station that is 'literally falling apart'.

Northern bosses said the company has started to carry out repairs to Ulverston train station as it celebrates its 150th anniversary this year.

It comes after an account on X, formerly Twitter, reported there were boarded up windows, missing glass in the canopy, rotten door frames and loose cables hanging from the ceiling.

@Every_Station also reported the station wall was crumbling away, that the canopy had to be held up by scaffolding and that the roof was close to collapsing.

The post read: “The station is literally falling apart. With all these issues, one can’t help but worry and wonder how long until it’s unsafe for passengers to use the station."

Analysis recorded from railwaydata.co.uk showed over 250,000 passengers accessed the station between 2022/23.

Craig Harrop, regional director at Northern, said: “We are working hard to improve the appearance of Ulverston station and have recently carried out repairs to the chimney stacks, canopy gutters, the clock tower roof and clock face however I recognise there is much more that needs to be done.

“We are also working closely with our partners at Network Rail as some of the areas in question are outside of the station lease and are not managed or maintained by Northern.

“As an industry we are committed to improving and restoring this historic station.”

Northern said issues of the collapsed roof was not managed by the company.