Kents Bank railway station
General information | |||||
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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 | |||||
2019/20 | 33,622 | ||||
2020/21 | 9,534 | ||||
2021/22 | 23,956 | ||||
2022/23 | 24,938 | ||||
2023/24 | 26,724 | ||||
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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]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 | Following station | ||
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Cark and Cartmel | Northern Trains Furness Line | Grange-over-Sands |