Kents Bank railway station
Kents Bank railway station serves the village of Kents Bank in Cumbria, England. It is located on the Furness Line from Barrow-in-Furness to Lancaster. The station is owned by Network Rail and is operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services.
Kents Bank  | |
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| Location | Kents Bank, South Lakeland England |
| Grid reference | SD396756 |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | KBK |
| Classification | DfT category F2 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1857 |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  25,348 |
| 2016/17 |  28,262 |
| 2017/18 | 28,356 |
| 2018/19 | 26,354 |
| 2019/20 | 33,622 |
| Location | |
  Kents Bank Location in South Lakeland  Kents Bank Location in Cumbria | |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
The station building was designed by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin in 1865 for the Furness Railway.[1] Though it remains, it is in private residential use.
Facilities
The station is unstaffed but now has ticket machines available, allowing passenger to buy before boarding. Shelters are located on each platform, along with digital information screens and a P.A system. Access to the northbound platform is via a user-worked barrier level crossing,[2] so whilst it has step-free access disabled travellers should exercise caution when crossing the line.[3]
Services
Kents Bank is served by Northern, who operate a basic hourly service with some two-hour gaps between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster. Certain northbound trains are extended to Whitehaven & Carlisle and several southbound trains are extended to Preston and Manchester Airport. A (mostly) hourly service runs each way on Sundays.[4]
References
- Price, James (1998). Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942. Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies. p. 78. ISBN 1-86220-054-8.
- Kents Bank Station "The Carlisle Kid" Geograph.org; Retrieved 24 November 2016
- Kents Bank Station Information National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 25 November 2016
- GB eNRT December 2019 Edition, Table 82
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kents Bank railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Kents Bank railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Northern Trains Furness Line | ||||
| Cark and Cartmel | Northern Trains Barrow-in-Furness - Manchester Airport (Limited service) |
Grange-Over-Sands |