Kirkby-in-Furness  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Kirkby-in-Furness,Westmorland and Furness England | ||||
| Coordinates | 54°13′58″N3°11′14″W / 54.2329033°N 3.1872166°W /54.2329033; -3.1872166 | ||||
| Grid reference | SD226825 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | KBF | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Furness Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Furness Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (London Midland Region) | ||||
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| 24 August 1846 | Opened asKirkby | ||||
| 1927 | RenamedKirkby-in-Furness | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  17,526 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  4,638 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 12,562 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 15,704 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 20,192 | ||||
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Kirkby-in-Furness is a railway station on theCumbrian Coast Line, which runs betweenCarlisle andBarrow-in-Furness. The station, situated9+1⁄4 miles (15 km) north of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the village ofKirkby-in-Furness inCumbria. It is owned byNetwork Rail and managed byNorthern Trains.
The nameKirkby-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.
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 abarrow 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]
There is a basic hourly service in each direction, north toMillom,Whitehaven andCarlisle, and south toBarrow-in-Furness. A few continue through toLancaster.[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).
Media related toKirkby-in-Furness railway station at Wikimedia Commons| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Foxfield | Northern Trains Cumbrian Coast Line | Askam | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Foxfield | Furness Railway | Askam | ||
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