Английская Википедия:Hincaster branch line
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The Hincaster branch was a single-track railway branch line of the Furness Railway which ran from Шаблон:Stnlnk on the Furness main line to a junction with the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (later the London and North Western Railway) at Hincaster.[1] Intermediate stations were provided at Шаблон:Stnlnk and Heversham, with the main engineering work being a substantial 26-arch viaduct over the River Bela near Sandside.[2]
Traffic
It was built primarily for use by mineral trains carrying coke and iron ore from County Durham to various ironworks in and around Barrow-in-Furness which had previously had to travel (and reverse) via the busy junction at Шаблон:Stnlnk.[3] The branch was opened in 1876 and also carried a passenger service between Шаблон:Stnlnk and Шаблон:Stnlnk known locally as the Kendal Tommy.[4]
Closure
The passenger service ended on 4 May 1942 and the track between Sandside and Hincaster Junction was lifted in 1966 (through traffic having ceased three years earlier). A short stub from Arnside to Sandside lasted until 1972 to serve local quarries.
Sections of the old trackbed survive and are used as a footpath and cycleway, though the viaduct and both intermediate stations have been demolished.
Ownership
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Notes
References
- Conolly, W.P. [1958](1997) British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer, 5th Ed., Shepperton: Ian Allan, Шаблон:ISBN.
- Marshall, J (1981) Forgotten Railways - North-West England, David & Charles (Publishers) Ltd, Newton Abbott, Шаблон:ISBN.
External links
- Railscot - Hincaster Branch
- photo of train on Bela Viaduct about 1949
- photo of Bela Viaduct from Haverbrack Hill
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- ↑ Conolly, 1997, p.24
- ↑ "Bela Viaduct" Old Cumbria Gazetteer; Retrieved 26 June 2017
- ↑ Marshall, p.104
- ↑ Heversham - A Website history by R.K Bingham www.heversham.org; Retrieved 2009-06-24
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