Kents Bank railway station
Kents Bank  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Kents Bank |
| Local authority | South Lakeland |
| Grid reference | SD396756 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | KBK |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 18,701 |
| 2005/06 |
 19,678 |
| 2006/07 |
 15,560 |
| 2007/08 |
20,305 |
| 2008/09 |
21,012 |
| 2009/10 |
20,572 |
| 2010/11 |
22,828 |
| 2011/12 |
20,658 |
| 2012/13 |
21,186 |
| 2013/14 |
23,546 |
| 2014/15 |
26,180 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1857 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kents Bank from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Kents Bank railway station is a railway station that serves the village of Kents Bank in Cumbria, England. It is located on the Furness Line from Barrow-in-Furness to Lancaster.
The station building was designed by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin in 1865 for the Furness Railway.[1] Though these remain, they are in private residential use.
Facilities
The station is unstaffed, with no ticket machines available (so travellers must buy these in advance or from the conductor aboard the train).[2] Shelters are located on each platform, along with digital information screens and a P.A system. Access to the northbound platform is via a user-worked barrier level crossing,[3] so whilst it has step-free access disabled travellers should exercise caution when crossing the line.
Services
Kents Bank is served by Northern, who operate a basic hourly service with some two-hour gaps between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster. Certain northbound trains are extended to Whitehaven & Carlisle and several southbound trains are extended to Preston and Manchester Airport. A two-hourly service runs each way on Sundays (afternoons & evenings only in winter).[4]
References
- ↑ 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 Information National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 25 November 2016
- ↑ Kents Bank Station "The Carlisle Kid" Geograph.org; Retrieved 24 November 2016
- ↑ GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 82
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kents Bank railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Kents Bank railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Northern Furness Line |
Coordinates: 54°10′23″N 2°55′30″W / 54.173°N 2.925°W