Kirkby-in-Furness railway station

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Kirkby-in-Furness

Location

Place

Kirkby-in-Furness

Local authority

South Lakeland

Operations

Station code

KBF

Managed by

Northern

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

14,306

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kirkby-in-Furness from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Kirkby-in-Furness railway station is a railway station serving the village of Kirkby-in-Furness in Cumbria, England. It is a request stop on the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line. Some through trains to the Furness Line stop here. It is operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services.

The name Kirkby-in-Furness did not exist until the creation of the railway line. The village in fact is an amalgamation of six smaller villages/hamlets. The name Kirkby was chosen almost at random by the train company for the station and was eventually used for the collection of villages. In Victorian times it gained some fame as the station with the longest platform seat in the country. This though was removed many years ago.