The Evening Standard reports that train operator, Avanti West Coast, has launched a pop-up Post Office counter inside the ticket office at Oxenholme station - the first Post Office the rural community has had since a branch closed in February 2020

The pop up is the first facility of its kind on the West Coast Main Line, which runs from London Euston to Glasgow.

Services include sending letters, returning parcels, banking, paying bills and changing currency and are now available at Oxenholme station between 11am and 1pm on Mondays and from 12.30pm to 2.30pm on Thursdays.

Tim Farron, Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, said: “After two and a half years of working with Avanti West Coast and local councillors, I’m delighted that we have finally secured a new Post Office for Oxenholme.  This is a key local service that residents have been deprived of ever since the previous Post Office closed just before the pandemic, so it’s great news that it’s now open and in a prime location.”

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