Dent railway station
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| Location | Cowgill, Westmorland and Furness England | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°16′57″N 2°21′49″W / 54.2825669°N 2.3635911°W | ||||||||||
| Grid reference | SD764874 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||||||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | DNT | ||||||||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Original company | Midland Railway | ||||||||||
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway | ||||||||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway; British Rail (London Midland Region) | ||||||||||
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| 6 August 1877 | Opened | ||||||||||
| 4 May 1970 | Closed | ||||||||||
| 14 July 1986 | Reopened | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2019/20 | 8,126 | ||||||||||
| 2020/21 | 1,786 | ||||||||||
| 2021/22 | 8,902 | ||||||||||
| 2022/23 | 9,236 | ||||||||||
| 2023/24 | 9,152 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Listed Building – Grade II | |||||||||||
| Feature | Original Midland Railway station building | ||||||||||
| Designated | 18 October 1999 | ||||||||||
| Reference no. | 1383851 | ||||||||||
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Northern Trains Route 7 |
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Settle & Carlisle & Bentham lines |
Dent is a railway station on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. The station, situated 58 miles 29 chains (93.9 km) north-west of Leeds, serves the villages of Cowgill and Dent, in Cumbria, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. It is the highest operational main line station in England.