In 2022/2023, Kirkby Stephen had 29,888 entries and exits, making it the 2,115^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 925^th busiest (out of 997), with 110 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 81.88 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 5.23 passengers per service, giving it the 1,239^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
Down	92	334
Up	92	334

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

2015-16 Services suspended short of Carlisle in 2016 due to Eden landslip
2016-17 Settle Carlisle reopen after Eden Brows landslip in March 2017
2017-18 Increase in usage after engineering works in 2016-17, in response to landslip in 2015-16
2019-20 Improvements on Settle-Carlisle line

Location: Kirkby Stephen
CRS: KSW / NLC: 2057 / TIPLOC(S): KSTP
Station Facility Owner: Northern Trains
OS Grid Ref: 376189 506682
Constituency: Penrith and The Border
Local Authority: Cumbria
NR Region: North West
ELR: SAC 266m 46ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Kirkby Stephen during 2022/2023:
•Leeds (3,175 journeys)
•Carlisle (3,106 journeys)
•Settle (2,648 journeys)
•Skipton (1,165 journeys)
•Appleby (831 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.