Barrow-in-Furness railway station

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Barrow-in-Furness
Location
Place	Barrow in Furness
Local authority	Barrow-in-Furness (borough)
Operations
Station code	BIF
Managed by	First TransPennine Express
Platforms in use
Annual entry/exit 04/05	0.508 million **
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Barrow-in-Furness railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, England. It is located on the Furness Line to Lancaster and the Cumbrian Coast Line to Workington and Carlisle. It is operated by First Transpennine Express. Northern Rail also operate services from here.

The station was formerly known as Barrow Central and at one time was a terminus for British Rail long-distance or Inter-city services.

In the Railway Series books by the Rev. W Awdry Barrow Central is the mainland terminus for the Fat Controller's or North Western Railway and is connected to the fictional Island of Sodor by a bridge to Vickerstown or as it is known in the books Vicarstown.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Barrow-in-Furness railway station from National Rail
• Street map and aerial photo of Barrow-in-Furness railway station from Multimap.com

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Roose		First TransPennine Express TransPennine North West		Terminus
Roose		Northern Rail Furness Line		Terminus or Askam
Askam		Northern Rail Cumbrian Coast Line		Terminus
	Fictional railways
Terminus		North Western Railway Sodor Main Line		Vicarstown
Terminus		North Western Railway Ballahoo & Norramby line		Vicarstown
		Northern Rail Ballahoo & Norramby line