Kirkby Stephen station building is a classically designed structure on

this route being penned by John Holloway Sanders for the Midland Railway. It is located somewhat inconveniently for the nearby town being over a mile and one hundred and fifty feet above it! This was in an effort to keep the gradient of the line within planned limits with the town better served by Kirkby Stephen East station on the North Eastern Railway's Stainmore and Eden Valley lines that was shut in 1964 much to the chagrin of the local residents no doubt! Today, the station is owned and managed by the Settle and Carlisle Railway Trust, which comprehensively restored it in 2009.