Trains to Barrow-In-Furness - Station Details and further Information on Barrow-In-Furness Train Services
Barrow-in-Furness train station is a train 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 TransPennine Express. Northern Rail also operate services from here.
To the North services are provided Monday-Saturday by Northern Rail, with services approximately hourly during the day to Whitehaven and Carlisle. One train per day operates to Sellafield specifically for transportation of workers at Sellafield nuclear plant. Evening trains run only as far Millom and there is no Sunday service over this section.
To the South, stopping services are provided by Northern Rail (mainly to Lancaster) and semi-fast services to Manchester Airport by First Transpennine Express. There is also a daily service from Hazel Grove, but no corresponding service in the other direction. Services frequencies on this section are somewhat uneven due to the differing stopping patterns of the two service groups, with intervals of between 30 and 90 minutes between trains during the daytime and every two hours during the evenings and on Sundays (afternoons/evenings only in winter).
Platform 1, which contains the entrance to the station, is used primarily for Northern Rail through trains (from Lancaster/Preston to Carlisle) heading north, or First Transpennine Express services heading to/arriving from Manchester Airport, the platform contains a waiting area, the ticket office and information office and toilets, along with the restaurant, which is currently being refurbished.
Platform 2 is used mainly for Northern Rail services heading south to Lancaster or Preston, or local trains arriving from Millom/Sellafield. It is sometimes used for First Transpennine Express services, but more rarely.
Platform 3 is used solely for north-bound trains to Millom and Carlisle. Platforms 2 and 3 contain a shared waiting area and toilets.
The station has recently been renovated, with replacement of most of the old seating and waiting areas, and replacement of the ageing automatic doors within the station. Electronic information signs have been installed, along with improved CCTV after several incidents on the station. Ramps have been provided for access, and this is continuing with provision of better access to platforms 2 and 3, which previously would have been accessible only via the very end of the platform. The station restaurant is also being upgraded. |