Kents Bank railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Kents Bank |
| Local authority | South Lakeland |
| Operations | |
| Station code | KBK |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| 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 |
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| * 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 Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Kents Bank railway station is a railway station that serves the village of Kents Bank in Cumbria. 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]
Generally, services that are operated by Northern Rail mainly stop at this station. However, a few longer-distances services operated by First TransPennine Express also use the station.
[edit] 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.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Kents Bank railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
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Coordinates: 54°10′23″N 2°55′30″W / 54.173°N 2.925°W
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- Railway stations in Cumbria
- Former Ulverston and Lancaster Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1857
- Railway stations closed in 1858
- Railway stations opened in 1859
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- DfT Category F2 stations
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