Heritage railway stations · North East England
Kirkby Stephen railway station
Kirkby Stephen railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Kirkby Stephen railway station is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Kirkby Stephen is a railway station in Cumbria, England, on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. The station is situated 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-west of the market town of Kirkby Stephen, just within the civil parish of Wharton, and also serves the nearby villages of Newbiggin-on-Lune and Ravenstonedale. It lies 41 miles 35 chains (66.7 km) south of Carlisle, and is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
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Background
History
The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders, and opened to traffic in May 1876. The station is more than 1+1/4 mi from the town (and over 150 ft above it) at Midland Hill, just within the civil parish of Wharton. It was opened as Kirkby Stephen, but it was renamed Kirkby Stephen and Ravenstonedale in 1900, and then Kirkby Stephen West in 1953, to avoid confusion with the older Kirkby Stephen, later known as Kirkby Stephen East, station in the town, on the North Eastern Railway's Stainmore and Eden Valley lines. Its remote location was necessitated by the Midland Railway's desire to keep gradients on the line to no greater than 1 in 100 for fast…
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- Coordinates
- 54.4550, -2.3690
- Address
- | borough = Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland and Furness
- Established
- 1986
Sources
- wikidata: Q2238374 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Kirkby Stephen railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Kirkby Stephen railway station?
- Kirkby Stephen railway station is in North-East England, United Kingdom.
- When was Kirkby Stephen railway station built?
- Built or established in 1986.
- Who owns Kirkby Stephen railway station?
- Kirkby Stephen railway station is owned by Northern Trains.