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British Railways closed the line to passengers on 6 September 1965, and to all traffic two years later. [2]A group of enthusiasts, chaired by Dr Peter Beet, formed the Lakeside Railway Estates Company; they had the idea of preserving both the line and the former LMS 10A locomotive shed at Carnforth, to provide a complete steam operating system.
Lakeside railway station is a stop on the heritage Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway. It was previously the terminus of the Furness Railway's Ulverston-Lakeside Line, which was closed as part of the Beeching Axe in 1965. It serves the village of Lakeside in Cumbria, England, as well as the tourist attractions located there.
The station in 2014. The station opened on 1 June 1869, with sidings and a goods shed. [1]A long siding once served the iron works blast furnace of Backbarrow.Until 1935, gunpowder from Low Wood was brought to the main line by a horse-worked narrow gauge tramway.
Newby Bridge Halt (also known, historically, as Newby Bridge Platform) [1] is a railway station on the Lakeside and Haverthwaite heritage railway. It serves the village of Newby Bridge, Cumbria, England.
The steamers still call at Lakeside and the railway is now a steam-hauled heritage railway, operated as the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway. However, it now only operates as far as Haverthwaite, with the route beyond to Ulverston closed in 1965 as part of the Beeching cuts.
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Train movements through the station continued until 1965, [4] with the closure of the line to Lakeside. A section of the line has reopened as part of the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway, but the station itself has since been demolished and the trackbed between itself and to the south towards Ulverston used for road improvements. However, if ...
Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway, a heritage railway in Cumbria, England; Lehigh and Hudson River Railway, a former railroad in northwestern New Jersey, ...