Kirkby-in-Furness railway station
Kirkby-in-Furness railway station serves the village of Kirkby-in-Furness in Cumbria, England. The railway station is a request stop on the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line. Some through trains to the Furness Line stop here. The station is owned by Network Rail and is operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services.
Kirkby-in-Furness  | |
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 Kirkby-in-Furness railway station | |
| Location | Kirkby-in-Furness, South Lakeland England |
| Grid reference | SD226825 |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | KBF |
| Classification | DfT category F2 |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  12,596 |
| 2016/17 |  14,578 |
| 2017/18 | 14,398 |
| 2018/19 | 15,530 |
| 2019/20 | 17,526 |
| Location | |
  Kirkby-in-Furness Location in South Lakeland  Kirkby-in-Furness Location in Cumbria | |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
The name Kirkby-in-Furness did not exist until the creation of the railway line. The village in fact is an amalgamation of six smaller villages/hamlets.[1] The name Kirkby was chosen almost at random by the train company for the station and was eventually used for the collection of villages. In Victorian times it gained some fame as the station with the longest platform seat in the country. This though was removed many years ago.
Facilities
There are no longer any permanent buildings at the station apart from a footbridge and shelters on each platform (that on the northbound one being the more substantial).[2] The station has (like others on the line) been fitted with a ticket vending machine, to allow passengers to buy their tickets prior to travel.[3] Step-free access is available to both platforms, though this requires the use of a barrow crossing for northbound passengers and so care must be taken when used. Train running information is provided by telephone, digital display screens and timetable posters.[4]
Services
There is a basic hourly service in each direction, northwards to Millom, Whitehaven & Carlisle (one train terminates at Sellafield) and southwards to Barrow-in-Furness. A few continue through to Lancaster and Preston.[5] The last two evening northbound trains terminate at Millom.
A Sunday service (the first for more than forty years) was introduced at the May 2018 timetable change - this runs broadly hourly from mid-morning until the early evening (though some services only run to/from Millom).
References
- Places to visit - Kirkby-in-Furness Cumbrian Coast Line; Retrieved 1 December 2016
- Kirkby-in-Furness stationOld Cumbria Gazetteer; Retrieved 1 December 2016 Archived 2 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- "Fares 2019"Cumbrian Coast Rail Users Group news article; Retrieved 8 November 2019
- Kirkby-in-Furness station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 1 December 2016
- GB eNRT December 2019 Edition, Table 100 (Network Rail)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kirkby-in-Furness railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Kirkby-in-Furness railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Northern Cumbrian Coast Line |