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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 | |
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Location | |
Location in South Lakeland, Cumbria 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.
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.
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]
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]