Kents Bank railway station
Kents Bank  | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Kents Bank, South Lakeland England |
| Coordinates | 54°10′22″N 2°55′31″W / 54.1728754°N 2.9252051°W |
| Grid reference | SD396756 |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| Managed by | Northern Trains |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | KBK |
| Classification | DfT category F2 |
| History | |
| Original company | Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Furness Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (London Midland Region) |
| Key dates | |
| 1 September 1857 | Opened |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  26,354 |
| 2019/20 |  33,622 |
| 2020/21 | 9,534 |
| 2021/22 | 23,956 |
| 2022/23 | 24,938 |
| Location | |
  Kents Bank Location in South Lakeland, Cumbria  Kents Bank Location in Cumbria, England | |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Kents Bank is a railway station on the Furness Line, which runs between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster. The station, situated 17+1⁄4 miles (28 km) north-west of Lancaster, serves the village of Kents Bank in Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
History[edit]
The station building was designed in 1865 by the Lancaster-based architects, Paley and Austin, for the Furness Railway.[1] Though it remains, it is in private residential use.
Facilities[edit]
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 PA 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[edit]
Northern Trains Route 6 |
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Cumbrian Coast, Furness
and Windermere Lines |
Bootle, Braystones, Drigg, Flimby, Green Road,
Kirkby-in-Furness, Nethertown, Parton and Silecroft are request stops. |
Kents Bank is served by Northern Trains, who operate a basic hourly service with some two-hour gaps between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster. Certain northbound trains are extended to Whitehaven and Carlisle, and several southbound trains are extended to Preston and Manchester Airport. A (mostly) hourly service runs each way on Sundays.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ 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 May 2023 Edition, Table 100
External links[edit]
Media related to Kents Bank railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Train times and station information for Kents Bank railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Cark and Cartmel | Northern Trains Cumbria–Manchester Airport |
Grange-over-Sands | ||
| Cark and Cartmel | Northern Trains Furness Line |
Grange-over-Sands | ||
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