Kirkby Stephen railway station
Kirkby Stephen 
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| Location | |
| Place | Kirkby Stephen |
| Local authority | Eden |
| Grid reference | NY762066 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | KSW |
| 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 |
 32,076 |
| 2012/13 |
 31,262 |
| 2013/14 |
30,138 |
| 2014/15 |
29,768 |
| 2015/16 |
26,786 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1876 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kirkby Stephen from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Kirkby Stephen railway station serves the town of Kirkby Stephen in Cumbria, England. It is operated by Northern, which provides all passenger train services. It is 41 1⁄2 miles (67 km) south of Carlisle on the Settle-Carlisle Line.
The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders.
The station is over a mile from the town (and over 150 feet (46 m) above it) at Midland Hill and was formerly known as Kirkby Stephen West because of the older Kirkby Stephen or Kirkby Stephen East station situated in the town, which was 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. Had it been located any closer to the town, the resulting climb up to the summit of the line at Ais Gill would have exceeded this limit considerably. The West station was closed (along with all other stations on the line except Settle and Appleby) in May 1970, but 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. The main buildings on platform 1 now incorporate a caretaker's flat, offices, holiday accommodation and the Midland Room, opened in July 2011, 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. No ticket machine is present, so passengers must buy in advance or from the conductor on the train. Buses to and from the town call close to the station entrance on the A685 road to Kendal.
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