Kirkby Stephen railway station

Kirkby Stephen
Kirkby Stephen
Location	Kirkby Stephen, Eden; England
Coordinates	54°27′18″N 2°22′07″W / 54.4549076°N 2.3687030°WCoordinates: 54°27′18″N 2°22′07″W / 54.4549076°N 2.3687030°W
Grid reference	NY762066
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	KSW
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway; British Rail (London Midland Region)
Key dates
1 May 1876	Opened as Kirkby Stephen
1 October 1900	Renamed Kirkby Stephen and Ravenstonedale
8 June 1953	Renamed Kirkby Stephen West
6 May 1968	Renamed Kirkby Stephen
4 May 1970	Closed
14 July 1986	Reopened
Passengers
2015/16	26,786
2016/17	19,962
2017/18	30,146
2018/19	27,654
2019/20	30,912
Location
	Kirkby Stephen Location in Eden, CumbriaShow map of EdenShow map of CumbriaShow all
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Kirkby Stephen is a railway station in Cumbria, northern England, on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. The station, situated 41+1⁄2 miles (67 km) south of Carlisle, serves the market town of Kirkby Stephen and nearby village of Ravenstonedale in Eden District. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

Kirkby Stephen Railway Station on the Settle & Carlisle line

History[]

The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders,^[1] and opened to traffic in May 1876.^[2]

The station is more than 1+1⁄4 miles (2 km) from the town (and over 150 feet (46 m) 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 running.^[3] Had it been any closer to the town, the climb up to the summit of the line at Ais Gill would have exceeded this limit considerably. The West station reverted to the name Kirkby Stephen in 1968, but was closed (along with all other stations on the line except Settle and Appleby) in May 1970. It was reopened by British Rail in July 1986.

The station is leased by the Settle and Carlisle Railway Trust, which comprehensively restored it in 2009.^[4] The main buildings on platform 1 now incorporate a caretaker's flat, offices, holiday accommodation and the Midland Room, opened in July 2011,^[5] which includes a cafe and exhibition of items related to the Settle and Carlisle railway. Platform 2 (northbound) has a stone shelter. The old goods shed to the south is now in private commercial use, goods facilities having been withdrawn here in 1964.

Step-free access to both platforms is available (ramps to platform 2 from the road below), along with a footbridge (erected in the mid 1990s after becoming redundant at its original location at Guiseley).^[6] No ticket machine is present, so passengers must buy in advance or from the conductor on the train (though operator Northern is in the process of installing one and also digital information screens as part of a rolling station upgrade programme on the route).^[7] Buses to and from the town call close to the station entrance on the A685 road to Kendal.^[3]

Stationmasters[]

Robinson Bell 1876^[8] - 1882^[9]
William Tunn 1882 - 1888^[9] (afterwards station master at Fiskerton)
William George Nuttall 1888 - 1892^[9] (afterwards station master at Appleby)
Thomas Moss 1892^[9] - 1919 (formerly station master at Appleby)^[10]
E. Proctor 1919 - 1924^[11] (afterwards station master at Bamford)

Services[]

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Route 7

Bentham line and
Settle & Carlisle line

					Carlisle
					Armathwaite
					Lazonby & Kirkoswald
					Langwathby
					Appleby
					Kirkby Stephen
					Garsdale
					Dent
					Ribblehead
					Horton-in-Ribblesdale
					Settle

					Heysham Port
					Morecambe
					Bare Lane
					Lancaster
					Carnforth
					Wennington
					Bentham
					Clapham
					Giggleswick

					Long Preston
					Hellifield
					Gargrave
					Skipton
					Keighley
					Bingley
					Shipley
					Leeds

The station is served by eight trains in each direction on weekdays and Saturdays: northbound to Carlisle and southbound to Leeds.^[12] A new early morning Monday to Friday service southbound began in May 2011. The first weekday northbound service now runs through from Leeds, rather than arriving from Carlisle and returning there after a reversal as before.

There are six departures each way on Sundays throughout the year, including a through train to and from Nottingham. DalesRail services between Blackpool North/Preston and Carlisle also call at the station on summer Sundays.

References[]

^ "Notes by the Way". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 1 November 1884. Retrieved 12 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Quick, Michael (2020). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain; a Chronology (PDF) (5 ed.). Market Drayton: The railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 252. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Kirkby Stephen station bridge Craven, S Geograph.org Retrieved 24 November 2016
^ S&C Trust website. Archived 27 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ Johnston, Howard (10 August 2011). "Regional News". Rail. Peterborough. p. 24.
^ Kirkby Stephen station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 5 December 2016
^ "Better stations are coming to Northern"Northern news article; Retrieved 23 November 2019
^ "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 743. 1871. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 48. 1881. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^ "Death of Mr Thomas Moss, Long Marton". Penrith Observer. England. 15 April 1924. Retrieved 5 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Death of Mr E. Proctor". Penrith Observer. England. 9 September 1924. Retrieved 5 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Table 42 National Rail timetable, May 2019

External links[]

Media related to Kirkby Stephen railway station at Wikimedia Commons
Train times and station information for Kirkby Stephen railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Garsdale		Northern Trains Settle and Carlisle Line	Appleby
	Historical railways
Garsdale		Midland Railway Settle and Carlisle Line	Crosby Garrett

[1] "Notes by the Way". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 1 November 1884. Retrieved 12 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] Quick, Michael (2020). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain; a Chronology (PDF) (5 ed.). Market Drayton: The railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 252. Retrieved 1 December 2020.

[KSW-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Kirkby Stephen station bridge Craven, S Geograph.org Retrieved 24 November 2016

[4] S&C Trust website. Archived 27 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[5] Johnston, Howard (10 August 2011). "Regional News". Rail. Peterborough. p. 24.

[6] Kirkby Stephen station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 5 December 2016

[7] "Better stations are coming to Northern"Northern news article; Retrieved 23 November 2019

[MR1871-8] "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 743. 1871. Retrieved 5 April 2021.

[MR1881-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 48. 1881. Retrieved 5 April 2021.

[10] "Death of Mr Thomas Moss, Long Marton". Penrith Observer. England. 15 April 1924. Retrieved 5 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[11] "Death of Mr E. Proctor". Penrith Observer. England. 9 September 1924. Retrieved 5 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[12] Table 42 National Rail timetable, May 2019

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Kirkby Stephen

Location	Kirkby Stephen, Eden England
Coordinates	54°27′18″N 2°22′07″W / 54.4549076°N 2.3687030°W / 54.4549076; -2.3687030Coordinates: 54°27′18″N 2°22′07″W / 54.4549076°N 2.3687030°W / 54.4549076; -2.3687030
Grid reference	NY762066
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	KSW
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (London Midland Region)
Key dates
1 May 1876	Opened as Kirkby Stephen
1 October 1900	Renamed Kirkby Stephen and Ravenstonedale
8 June 1953	Renamed Kirkby Stephen West
6 May 1968	Renamed Kirkby Stephen
4 May 1970	Closed
14 July 1986	Reopened
Passengers
2015/16	26,786
2016/17	19,962
2017/18	30,146
2018/19	27,654
2019/20	30,912

Location
Kirkby Stephen Location in Eden, Cumbria Kirkby Stephen Location in Cumbria, England Show map of EdenShow map of CumbriaShow all
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road