The station came to national prominence in 2008 when it was chosen as the initial site for the installation of an experimental ramp to raise the height of the platform to improve access to modern rolling stock.

Christened the Harrington Hump, the ramp was built for £25,000[1] – 10% of the estimated cost of the conventional rebuilding that would have otherwise been required to make the platform fully DDA compliant.

The modular design has since been deployed at several other rural stations across the UK where the cost of platform upgrades would otherwise have been considered prohibitive.

Services run approximately hourly from mid-morning until early evening, with later trains terminating at Whitehaven.

This represents a major upgrade on the former infrequent service of four per day each way to/from Whitehaven only that previously operated.