Kirkby-in-Furness railway station

Kirkby-in-Furness

Location in South Lakeland, Cumbria

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Kirkby-in-Furness

Location in Cumbria, England

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Kirkby-in-Furness
General information
Location	Kirkby-in-Furness, South Lakeland England
Coordinates	54°13′58″N3°11′14″W / 54.2329033°N 3.1872166°W / 54.2329033; -3.1872166
Grid reference	SD226825
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	KBF
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Furness Railway
Pre-grouping	Furness Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (London Midland Region)
Key dates
24 August 1846	Opened as Kirkby
1927	Renamed Kirkby-in-Furness
Passengers
2018/19	15,530
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Kirkby-in-Furness is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. The station, situated 9+1⁄4 miles (15 km) north of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the village of Kirkby-in-Furness in Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

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 and hamlets. ^[1] The name was chosen almost at random by the train company for the station and was eventually used for the collection of villages.

In Victorian times, the station gained fame as the station with the longest platform seat in the country. However, this 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

Northern Trains Route 6
v t e
Cumbrian Coast, Furness and Windermere Lines
Carlisle Dalston Wigton Aspatria Maryport Flimby Workington Harrington Parton Whitehaven Corkickle St Bees Nethertown Braystones Sellafield Seascale Drigg Ravenglass for Eskdale Bootle Silecroft Millom Green Road Foxfield Kirkby-in-Furness Askam Barrow-in-Furness Roose Dalton Ulverston Cark & Cartmel Kents Bank Grange-over-Sands Arnside Silverdale Carnforth Windermere Staveley Burneside Kendal Oxenholme Lake District Lancaster Preston Wigan North Western Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Piccadilly Mauldeth Road Burnage East Didsbury Gatley Heald Green Manchester Airport
Bootle, Braystones, Drigg, Flimby, Green Road, Kirkby-in-Furness, Nethertown, Parton and Silecroft are request stops.

There is a basic hourly service in each direction, north to Millom, Whitehaven and Carlisle, and south to Barrow-in-Furness. A few continue through to Lancaster. ^[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

1. Places to visit - Kirkby-in-Furness Cumbrian Coast Line; Retrieved 1 December 2016
2. Kirkby-in-Furness station Old Cumbria Gazetteer; Retrieved 1 December 2016 Archived 2 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Fares 2019" Cumbrian Coast Rail Users Group news article; Retrieved 8 November 2019
4. Kirkby-in-Furness station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 1 December 2016
5. GB eNRT December 2019 Edition, Table 100 (Network Rail)

External links

• Cumbria portal

• Media related to Kirkby-in-Furness railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Train times and station information for Kirkby-in-Furness railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Foxfield		Northern Trains Cumbrian Coast line		Askam
	Historical railways
Foxfield		Furness Railway		Askam