Penrith Getting there & around

Getting there & away

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Land

Bus

The bus station is northeast of the centre, off Sandgate. Bus 104 runs between Penrith and Carlisle (45 minutes, 16 daily Monday to Saturday, nine on Sunday).

Bus X4/X5 connects Penrith to the Lakes and the Cumbrian coast hourly Monday to Saturday and six times on Sunday, calling at Keswick and Cockermouth before terminating at Workington.

Train

Penrith has frequent connections to Carlisle (£6.40, 20 minutes, hourly) and Lancaster (£11.50, 50 to 60 minutes, hourly).

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