Kents Bank railway station

Kents Bank National Rail
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
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  18,701
2005/06 Increase 19,678
2006/07 Decrease 15,560
2007/08 Increase 20,305
2008/09 Increase 21,012
2009/10 Decrease 20,572
2010/11 Increase 22,828
2011/12 Decrease 20,658
2012/13 Increase 21,186
2013/14 Increase 23,546
2014/15 Increase 26,180
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.
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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]

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).[2]

References

  1. 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.
  2. GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 82

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Coordinates: 54°10′23″N 2°55′30″W / 54.173°N 2.925°W / 54.173; -2.925


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