Barrow

CRS Code	BIF
Collected date	12/09/14

Barrow-in-Furness is the halfway point along the Cumbrian coast, with services south towards Lancaster and north towards Carlisle. The station building is modern, the previous station building having been destroyed in the Second War. The approach to the front of the station from the west:

The central entrance to the station:

Inside the ticket hall is very recently renovated and modern:

The war memorial in the corner of the ticket hall is to WW1 and is from station building that was destroyed in the second war:

This plaque in the ticket hall "commemorates the 150th anniversary of the first passenger train of the Furness Railway hauled by a "Coppernob" Locomotive on the 24th August, 1846":

The station building backs on to platform 1, here looking south, with the entrance on the right to a subway which connects it to the island platform:

At the southern end of platform 1, looking towards the road bridge which crosses the line to the station's south:

On the road bridge looking north towards the station:

A ramp leads down from the west side of the bridge to the station:

The path from the bridge leads down to the side of the station building:

On the side of the building is some old British Railways tiling and space for an old advertisement:

From the end of platform 1 looking north at both platforms:

Opposite platform 1 are island platforms 2 and 3, connected to platform 1 via a subway:

Looking along platform 2, with the position of the subway clearly visible on the track above:

Looking south along platforms 1 and 2:

Towards the north end of platform 1 is what looks like a disused bay:

Looking north from the end of platform 1:

To the north of the station is Barrow-in-Furness signalbox:

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