New look: An artistâs impression of what the improved Carlisle railway station may look like following the completion of the upgrades, funded as part of the Borderlands growth deal The go-ahead has been given for an ambitious £20m project set to transform the heart of the centre of Carlisle by bringing major changes to the city's railway station. Government funding has now been agreed for a project that will completely change how passengers access Carlisle's train station, including a partial pedestrianisation of Court Square directly outside the station's main entrance, and a redirection of coach and rail replacement services to the back of the station, on its southern side.