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Almost 8,000 members signed up in a bid to maintain vibrant paint scheme and garden creation at busy Citadel station.
A Facebook campaign, 'Help keep Carlisle station like this', lost its battle to maintain the railway station's Homebase makeover when the council repainted the building several days ago.

Homebase transformed the Citadel station last week as part of a new TV advert, covering its bridge with technicolour stripes and turning one platform into a garden area complete with plants and garden furniture.

Plush furniture, rugs and lamps also lined one platform, which had been decorated with turquoise paint and purple wallpaper. A kitchen was even installed at the station for the week-long shoot.

Locals were so impressed with the makeover, they were determined to keep it, leading student Eden Dunn to start the Facebook group, which drew 7,971 members.

However, shortly after filming finished at the weekend, the council restored the station, which is a listed building, to its former glory.

Homebase used more than 250m sq of wallpaper, 1,500m sq of flooring and 1,800 litres of paint to transform the station. The advert will be aired later this year but pictures of the station can be seen at Keep Carlisle train station like this

Homebase plans to transform a number of other spaces in the UK as part of its ad campaign to show people what they can achieve at home.