Heritage railway stations · North East England
Kirkby Stephen railway station
In or near Helbeck.
Kirkby Stephen railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
Stephen Craven — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Kirkby Stephen · 0.0 km
- Free entry
Getting there & planning your visit
Kirkby Stephen railway station is located in North East England, with the postcode CA17 4LF. The nearest railway station is Kirkby Stephen, which is 0 km away. Entry to the station is free.
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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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Eden and Tributaries SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Pennines
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
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.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
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…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.4550, -2.3690
- District
- Westmorland and Furness
- Parish
- Kirkby Stephen
- Postcode
- CA17 4LF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Established
- 1986
- Nearest railway station
- Kirkby Stephen — 0 km
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 (postcode CA17 4LF), in the parish of Kirkby Stephen.
- What is Kirkby Stephen railway station?
- Kirkby Stephen railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Kirkby Stephen railway station?
- The nearest railway station is Kirkby Stephen, about 0.0 km away. Drivers can use postcode CA17 4LF.
- 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.
- Is Kirkby Stephen railway station a protected site?
- Yes — Kirkby Stephen railway station is part of the River Eden and Tributaries SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the North Pennines National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Kirkby Stephen railway station free to visit?
- Yes, Kirkby Stephen railway station is free to enter.
- How do I get to Kirkby Stephen railway station?
- The nearest railway station is Kirkby Stephen, about 0.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CA17 4LF.