Kirkby Thore railway station was a railway station

Train station

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 situated on the Eden Valley Railway

Eden Valley Railway

The Eden Valley Railway was a railway in Cumbria, England. It ran between Clifton Junction near Penrith and Kirkby Stephen via Appleby-in-Westmorland....

 between Penrith

Penrith railway station

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 and Kirkby Stephen East

Kirkby Stephen East railway station

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. The station opened to passenger traffic on 8 August 1861, and closed on 22 January 1962.The station had an extensive...

. It served the village of Kirkby Thore

Kirkby Thore

Kirkby Thore is a small village, civil parish and hill in Cumbria, England at .It is close to the Lake District national park and the Cumbrian Pennines...

. The station opened to passenger traffic on 9 June 1862, and closed on 7 December 1953. The track has been dismantled and the A66 road

A66 road

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 now uses the route of the railway at this point. The former A66 route past the station is now a haulage

Truck

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 yard.

Although the village is also close to the Settle-Carlisle Railway

Settle-Carlisle Railway

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, and there is an active private siding

Rail siding

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and goods yard, there has never been a passenger station on that line at this point.