Kirkby Stephen railway station
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 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Kirkby Stephen, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Kirkby Stephen and Ravenstonedale”, “Kirkby Stephen Station”, “Kirkby Stephen West”, and “KSW”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kirkby Stephen East railway station and Wharton Hall.
Kirkby Stephen East railway station
Railway station
Photo: Svitapeneela, Public domain.
Kirkby Stephen East railway station was situated on the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway between Barnard Castle and Tebay. It served the town of Kirkby Stephen in England and was a junction station for the Eden Valley Railway. Kirkby Stephen East railway station is situated 3,600 feet northeast of Kirkby Stephen railway station.
Wharton Hall
Building
Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wharton Hall in Wharton, Cumbria, England, is a medieval fortified manor house. Wharton Hall is situated 3,200 feet southeast of Kirkby Stephen railway station.
Devil’s Grinding Mill
The Devil's Grinding Mill, sometimes known as the Devil's Hole, is part of The Angel's Drainpipe, a partially collapsed cave system on the River Eden in England, which forms dramatic gorges and natural arches. Devil’s Grinding Mill is situated 1 mile northeast of Kirkby Stephen railway station.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkby Stephen and Smardale.
Kirkby Stephen
Town
Smardale
Hamlet
Photo: John Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Smardale is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Waitby, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in Cumbria, England. In 1891 the parish had a population of 36. Smardale is situated 1½ miles northwest of Kirkby Stephen railway station.
Ravenstonedale
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ravenstonedale is a village and large civil parish in Cumbria, on the watershed between the River Lune and River Eden. The village lies 4 miles south west of Kirkby Stephen. Ravenstonedale is situated 3 miles southwest of Kirkby Stephen railway station.
Kirkby Stephen railway station
- Category: transportation
- Location: Wharton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.45491° or 54° 27′ 18″ northLongitude
-2.3687° or 2° 22′ 7″ westElevation
860 feet (262 metres)Operator
Northern TrainsNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“KSW”Open location code
9C6VFJ3J+XGOpenStreetMap ID
node 6697681932OpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationGeoNames ID
2645300Wikidata ID
Q2238374
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Kirkby Stephen railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Kirkby Stephen”
- Dutch: “Station Kirkby Stephen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة كيركبى ستيفين”
- French: “gare de Kirkby Stephen”
- French: “Kirkby Stephen”
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