Northern’s direct train from Oxenholme to Windermere takes about 19 minutes, and the quickest on the weekday timetable did it in 17. It is the same final leg that the London, Manchester and Liverpool routes use after changing at Oxenholme.
Trains ran about once an hour from 06:17 to 22:22, but the minutes past the hour wander. The morning departures were 06:17, 07:30, 08:29, 09:32, 10:21 and 11:21; the afternoon brought 12:39, 13:34, 14:39, 15:37, 16:33 and 17:42; and the evening had 18:30, 19:21, 20:18, 21:20 and 22:22.
With no fixed minute to rely on, the gaps between Windermere trains vary a good deal. The longest were 78 minutes, from 11:21 to 12:39, and 73 minutes, from 06:17 to 07:30. The shortest was 48 minutes, between 17:42 and 18:30. With one train an hour, arriving at Oxenholme just after a Windermere departure means most of an hour on the platform before the next. For late arrivals at Oxenholme, the 21:20 and the 22:22 are the last two chances to reach Windermere by train that day.
If you reach Oxenholme on a main-line train, how long you wait depends on where you land in that uneven pattern. On the London route, the change took between about 8 and 22 minutes; on the Manchester Oxford Road route via Oxenholme, a typical wait for the Windermere train was nearer three quarters of an hour.
On this short run the train and the road are evenly matched: the 12 miles along the A591 take about 19 minutes by car, the same as a typical train. At the Windermere end, the station is 465 metres from Crescent Road, roughly a six-minute walk, so from the Oxenholme platform to Crescent Road takes about 25 minutes on a typical train.
Journey times and changes below come from the rail and bus timetables for Tuesday 1 December 2026. Weekend and holiday timetables differ, so check the day you travel.
From Oxenholme on the weekday we checked: about hourly between 06:17 and 22:22.
By road it is about 12 miles from Oxenholme to Windermere, mostly via the A591 — roughly 19 min with clear roads. Car parks in Windermere are listed on the Getting Here page.