Kents Bank railway station
Kents Bank 
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| Location | |
| Place | Kents Bank |
| Local authority | South Lakeland |
| Grid reference | SD396756 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | KBK |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 20,658 |
| 2012/13 |
 21,186 |
| 2013/14 |
23,546 |
| 2014/15 |
26,180 |
| 2015/16 |
25,348 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1857 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * 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 and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Kents Bank railway station is a railway station that serves the village of Kents Bank in Cumbria, England. 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. Though these remain, they are in private residential use.
The station is unstaffed, with no ticket machines available (so travellers must buy these in advance or from the conductor aboard the train). Shelters are located on each platform, along with digital information screens and a P.A system. Access to the northbound platform is via a user-worked barrier level crossing, so whilst it has step-free access disabled travellers should exercise caution when crossing the line.
Kents Bank is served by Northern, who operate a basic hourly service with some two-hour gaps between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster. Certain northbound trains are extended to Whitehaven & Carlisle and several southbound trains are extended to Preston and Manchester Airport. A two-hourly service runs each way on Sundays.
Coordinates: 54°10′23″N 2°55′30″W / 54.173°N 2.925°W
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