Foxfield railway station

For the heritage railway in Staffordshire, see Foxfield Railway.

Foxfield
265px Foxfield signal box and railway station in 2008
Location
Place	Foxfield
Local authority	South Lakeland
Grid reference	SD208854
Operations
Station code	FOX
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	15,616
2005/06	15,396
2006/07	16,414
2007/08	16,000
2008/09	17,464
2009/10	24,668
2010/11	27,962
2011/12	27,698
2012/13	27,064
2013/14	27,088
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Foxfield from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Foxfield Railway Station serves the village of Foxfield and the nearby small town of Broughton-in-Furness in Cumbria, England. The railway station is a request stop on the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line. Some through trains to the Furness Line stop here. It is operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services.

History

The station dates from 1848, when the Furness Railway extended its line from Barrow to Kirkby-in-Furness to nearby Broughton-in-Furness with the intention of serving local copper mines. It was opened on 1 August 1848 and consisted of an island platform.

Two years later, the Whitehaven & Furness Junction Railway completed its line down the coast from Whitehaven to join the FR line from Barrow, making Foxfield a junction of some importance in the process. The line from Broughton was extended further northwards to Coniston by the Coniston Railway Company on 18 June 1859, although it wasn't long before the Furness took it over (along with the W&FJR – both companies having been absorbed by the FR by 1865).

In 1879 an enlarged station was built, designed by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin and built by the Barrow contractor William Ormandy. The island platform was widened to 29 feet (9 m), and a new canopy for passengers was provided.

For much of its life the Coniston line was well-used by locals and visitors alike, with the branch passenger service connecting with main line trains at one end of the route and with steamer services on Coniston Water at the other. However it fell victim to road competition in the late 1950s, passenger services being withdrawn from 6 October 1958, and the line closing completely in 1962. The coast line remains in operation though, with the passenger trains supplemented by a number of freight services running to and from the nuclear reprocessing plant at Sellafield, operated by Direct Rail Services.

Services

There is an approximately hourly service in each direction (on request) from the station on Monday to Saturdays – southwards to Barrow-in-Furness (fifteen trains in total) and northwards to Millom (fourteen). Eleven trains run through to and from Whitehaven and Carlisle whilst another runs as far as Sellafield. Three trains continue beyond Barrow to Lancaster and one through to Preston.

There is no Sunday service.

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External links

• Train times and station information for Foxfield railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Green Road		Northern Rail Cumbrian Coast Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Kirkby-in-Furness
	Disused railways
Kirkby-in-Furness Line and station open		Furness Railway Coniston Railway		Broughton-in-Furness Line and station closed