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The L&HR runs from Haverthwaite, at the southern end of the line, via Newby Bridge to Lakeside at the southern end of Windermere. Some services are timed to connect with sailings of the diesel excursion vessels or steam vessels on Windermere, sailing from Lakeside to Bowness and Ambleside.
The bridge was built by the Kendal and Windermere Railway to carry a road over the line. It was designed by Joseph Locke and is built in limestone. The bridge consists of a single elliptical arch with alternating voussoirs springing from an impost band. It is flanked by abutments ending in slim piers, and on the parapets are flat coping stones ...
Windermere railway station serves Windermere in Cumbria, England. It is the terminus of the Windermere Branch Line, which runs from Oxenholme. It is owned by Network Rail and is operated by Northern Trains who provide all passenger train services. It is located just south of the A591, about 25 min walk or a short bus ride from the lake.
The 10 mile (16 km) long line, which opened on 20 April 1847, [2] was originally built as the Kendal and Windermere Railway and at its southern end connected into the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. In 1859 it became part of the London and North Western Railway, then the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at the 1923 Grouping.
Lakeside station, 1951. The station was opened to passengers on 2 June 1869 by the Furness Railway, along with the branch from Plumpton Junction (just off the Leven Viaduct, on the Ulverston to Carnforth line) to Windermere Lake Side; a formal opening of the branch had taken place the day before.
Windermere or Lake Windermere [a] is a ribbon lake in Cumbria, England, and part of the Lake District. [5] It is the largest lake in England by length, area, and volume, but considerably smaller than the largest Scottish lochs and Northern Irish loughs .
Staveley railway station is a railway station in Staveley in Cumbria, England.The station is on the Windermere Branch Line connecting Oxenholme and Windermere.The station is owned by Network Rail and is operated by Northern Trains who provide all passenger train services, Staveley was a request stop until December 2012.
The river is popular with kayakers due to the continuous grade III+ rapids found between Newby Bridge and Haverthwaite and a relatively stable water level sustained by Windermere. In 1903 a train crossing the railway bridge over the river was derailed by high winds during the Ulysses Storm. [1]