Barrow-in-Furness (RWS)

The Railway Series

Thomas & Friends

Barrow-in-Furness
Background Information
First appearance	Toby the Tram Engine (1952)
Last appearance	Henry and the Express (1993)
Overview
Location	Barrow-in-Furness, England
Year opened	1882
Operations
Managed by	Network Rail North Western Railway British Railways (formerly) London, Midland and Scottish Railway (formerly) Furness Railway (formerly)
Line(s)	The Main Line Furness Line Cumbrian Coast Line Ramsden Dock Branch Line (formerly)
No. of platforms	3

Barrow-in-Furness, commonly known as Barrow, is a town and borough in Cumbria, North West England. It is the eastern terminus of the Main Line.

History

The North Western Railway has had running powers into Barrow Central station since an agreement with the LMS in 1925. For "through" trains, NWR engines are detached and BR, or "Other Railway", engines take over. Since 1925, the North Western Railway has also had a shed, turntable and servicing facility here. There is also a joint goods yard for exchange traffic.

In May 1941, the station's original building was completely destroyed by the bombing caused by Germany during the Barrow Blitz of World War II. The station was completely rebuilt with a new main building in the late 1950s.

Appearances

• Railway Series

The Railway Series Troublesome Engines - Tenders and Turntables (mentioned) Toby the Tram Engine - Dirty Objects The Eight Famous Engines - Percy Takes the Plunge and Gordon Goes Foreign Duck and the Diesel Engine - Domeless Engines The Twin Engines - The Missing Coach (mentioned) Enterprising Engines - Escape Gordon the High-Speed Engine - Fire Escape and Gordon Proves His Point Henry and the Express - Out of Puff Companion Volumes 1987 - The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways (mentioned) 2005 - Sodor: Reading Between the Lines (mentioned)

Trivia

• Barrow-in-Furness is the only real station on both the Main Line and the North Western Railway network in general.
• The real station of Barrow-in-Furness does not have a line running to the Isle of Walney, which is "replaced" on the maps by the Island of Sodor.
  • Interestingly, Walney itself had a 3ft narrow gauge railway owned by the Piel and Walney Gravel Company.
• Before coming to Sodor, BoCo was allocated to Barrow-in-Furness between 1962 and 1965.

Gallery

The Railway Series

Main Series

James collecting some trucks from Barrow-in-Furness

Percy on the turntable

Gordon overrunning the station platform

The station throat looking away from Sodor

Gordon at the station without his dome

The goods yard at Barrow-in-Furness

Oliver next to the signal box

Gordon and 10751 at the station

Others

The real Barrow-in-Furness station

The entrance to the station

A 1923 railway map of Barrow-in-Furness

A map of the town of Barrow-in-Furness

Station Guide

Preceding station	North Western Railway			Following station
Terminus		The Main Line		Vicarstown

Preceding station	The Other Railway			Following station
Askham		Cumbrian Coast Line		Terminus
Terminus		Furness Line		Roose
Terminus		Ramsden Dock Branch Line		Island Road Line and station closed

References

North Western Railway

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The Main Line

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United Kingdom

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