Peter Yates, who played an instrumental role in restoring the station to its former glory in 2003, believes that it is being ignored by rail and regional authorities who refuse to look at ways of reconnecting the once busy junction to the main line.
Mr Yates is passionate about the station, and its history, and believes Carnforth has the potential to become the tourist hub of the north, linking popular destinations in The Lakes and The Dales to Manchester and London airports.

He said: "In my eyes Carnforth is the most romantic train station in the country, but it is being missed out along some of the major routes. If you want to get from London to Carnforth, you have to get off at Lancaster where the train terminates and get another train to Carnforth.

"What people don't realise is that the London train continues to Carnforth after Lancaster and arrives four minutes later, and is 'stabled' for two hours before going back to Lancaster again.
"It beggars belief. Why can't they provide a passenger platform so people can get on and off the train at Carnforth?"

Mr Yates says that it will cost around £200,000 to provide Carnforth with a platform for this purpose.

However, both Network Rail and Virgin Trains have said that even if there is a new platform, the chances of trains from London stopping at Carnforth would be highly unlikely.

A Network Rail spokesman said: "The Department for Transport, in consultation with the public, have already put together a strategic plan for the West Coast Main Line (WCML) which, from December, will have a new timetable, and faster and more frequent trains.

"There are a number of impracticalities when mixing 'suburban services' like Carnforth, and the mainline services."