Barrow-in-Furness railway station

The present station was formerly known as Barrow Central and at one time it was a terminus for British Rail long-distance or Inter-city services. These included sleeper services to and from London Euston until the early 1990s. The original Barrow station of 1846 had been a wooden building at Rabbit Hill, near the site of the present St. George's Square. It was eventually replaced in 1863 by a new brick building close by, which had been designed by the well-known Lancaster architect Edward Paley, and which latterly came to be known as Cambridge Hall. On 1 June 1882, the town's principal station was transferred to its present site below Abbey Road, following the construction of a new loop line. It had to be almost entirely rebuilt after the Second World War, having largely been destroyed by enemy bombing on 7 May 1941. From 1907-1941 the famous Furness Railway steam locomotive the "Coppernob" was preserved in a special glass case outside the station. It was subsequently transferred for additional security into the National Railway Museum at York.

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.

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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		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
Terminus		Northern Rail Ballahoo & Norramby line	Vicarstown