Kirkby-in-Furness railway station

54°13′58″N 3°11′14″W / 54.2329033°N 3.1872166°W / 54.2329033; -3.1872166Grid referenceSD226825Owned byNetwork RailManaged byNorthern TrainsPlatforms2Tracks2Other informationStation codeKBFClassificationDfT category F2HistoryOriginal companyFurness RailwayPre-groupingFurness RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Rail (London Midland Region)Key dates24 August 1846Opened as Kirkby1927Renamed Kirkby-in-FurnessPassengers2018/19 15,5302019/20 17,5262020/21 4,6382021/22 12,5622022/23 15,704

Location
Kirkby-in-Furness Location in South Lakeland, Cumbria Show map of the former South Lakeland district Kirkby-in-Furness Location in Cumbria, England Show map of Cumbria

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 & 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 Chorley Bolton Deansgate Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Airport
Braystones & Nethertown 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

External links

• 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