The Morecambe branch line is a railway line in Lancashire, England, from Lancaster to Morecambe and Heysham, where trains connect with ferries to Douglas...
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Morecambe is a railway station on the Morecambe Branch Line, which runs between Lancaster and Heysham Port. The station, situated 4 miles (6 km) west...
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The Leeds–Morecambe line, also known as the Bentham line, is a railway line running between Leeds, Skipton, Lancaster and Morecambe in northern England...
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"Little" North Western Railway (redirect from Morecambe Harbour and Railway)
Railway in 1904, to replace the same company's harbour in Morecambe. A branch line from the NWR line had already opened for contractors on 12 November 1898...
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Heysham Port is a railway station on the Morecambe branch line, which runs between Lancaster and Heysham Port. The station, situated 7+3⁄4 miles (12 km)...
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Carnforth railway station (category Stations on the West Coast Main Line)
operate between Lancaster and Leeds via Skipton. Most run to and from Morecambe, though the first service of the day originates from Bradford Forster...
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electrified the recently opened branch line from Heysham Harbour to Morecambe Promenade on 13 April 1908 and the main line to Lancaster soon afterwards....
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Lancaster railway station (category Stations on the West Coast Main Line)
line, to Windermere via Oxenholme and the Windermere branch line (since the April 2016 franchise changeover), the Morecambe branch line to Morecambe and...
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Morecambe Euston Road was the terminus station of the London and North Western Railway's branch line to Morecambe, in Lancashire, England. It closed in...
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Bare Lane railway station (category Morecambe)
Bare Lane is a railway station on the Morecambe Branch Line, which runs between Lancaster and Heysham Port. The station, situated 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) west...
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the railway opened, with the only road crossing to reach the area over Morecambe Bay. The Furness Railway was first proposed in November 1843, linking...
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Heysham (category Morecambe Bay)
with trains from Heysham Port railway station to Lancaster via the Morecambe Branch Line. Heysham oil refinery was located between Heysham and Middleton...
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applied on its own account to build the branch to Morecambe, receiving permission in 1859. At this point the line was leased by the London and North Western...
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number. The numbers of individual carriages were: MR electric units Morecambe branch line 100 Years of Electric Traction by Colin J Marsden, published by...
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increase in services to the line, but in 2022, Transport for Greater Manchester published two surveys in relation to the line. As of May 2023, there is...
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connecting Leeds and Bradford with Skipton. Some services along the line continue to Morecambe or Carlisle. The route covered by the service was historically...
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Railway (NWR) wanted to connect Morecambe, where a harbour was being developed, with Skipton. The NWR opened a line from Morecambe to its own station at Lancaster...
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Morecambe Poulton Lane was the original terminus station of the London and North Western Railway's branch to Morecambe, Lancaster, Lancashire, England...
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The West Coast Main Line is a major trunk railway in the United Kingdom, linking London with Glasgow. The Watford DC lines are intricately linked with...
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single-phase (1φ) except where marked three-phase (3φ). Conductors: overhead line or conductor rail, usually a third rail to one side of the running rails...
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a junction on the Hull and Selby Railway was a branch of that railway, and ran to Bridlington; the line from Bridlington to Seamer Junction was promoted...
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The Windermere branch line, also called the Lakes line, is a branch railway line which runs from Oxenholme on the West Coast Main Line to Windermere via...
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between Settle Junction, on the Leeds–Morecambe line, and Carlisle, near the English-Scottish borders. The historic line was constructed in the 1870s and has...
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Wreay railway station (section Stations on the line)
was situated on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (the West Coast Main Line) between Carlisle and Penrith. It served the village of Wreay, Cumbria, England...
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was situated on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (the West Coast Main Line) between Carlisle and Penrith. It served the village of Southwaite, Cumbria...
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Scarborough and Whitby Railway (redirect from Scarborough to Whitby Branch)
then Scalby, before terminating near West Parade in Scarborough. A branch line was proposed, from the start at Crowdy Hill in Whitby connecting to the...
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Grayrigg railway station (section Stations on the line)
here for a distance running north. The old Ingleton Branch Line's Low Gill Viaduct lay nearby. This line was completed in 1861 and served the towns of Ingleton...
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was situated on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (the West Coast Main Line) between Carlisle and Penrith. It served the village of Plumpton and the...
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