Shap Summit refers to three different route summits in close proximity, of the A6 road, M6 motorway and the highest point of the West Coast Main Line...

Shap is a village and civil parish located among fells and isolated dales in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. The village is in the historic...

is 62 miles (100 km) north of the second highest point on the WCML - Shap Summit in Cumbria. The northbound climb has a 15 miles (24 km) ascent, with...

highest railway in England until its closure in 1962 Summit Tank - highest point Unanderra - Moss Vale Cullerin - highest point Sydney - Albury Shap v t e...

first train over Shap Summit since the end of steam in 1968, the charter was operated by WCR and ran from Carnforth to Carlisle via Shap both ways. In August...

are between junctions 38 and 39, on the ascent from the Lune Valley to Shap summit. As the north and southbound carriageways diverge at this point, the...

the M6 lies just west of the village, south of the notoriously exposed Shap Summit. Like its predecessor, the main railway line, it uses the upper reaches...

(140 km) Preston–Carlisle stretch of the West Coast Main Line, including Shap Summit. Set in the late 1980s, it also features the Morecambe branch line from...

bypassing Shap to the east and west, and the Shap summit route finally chosen. After a lengthy Parliamentary inquiry, the longer and steeper route over Shap Fell...

valley of the River Lune past Kirkby Lonsdale. There was to be a summit tunnel at Shap, 1+1⁄4 miles long, after which the line would descend through Bampton...

Later testing was undertaken on the West Coast Main Line from Crewe over Shap Summit to Carlisle. On one of these runs Oswald Nock travelled on board and...

2010 (2010): Beats previous record for fastest steam hauled railtour over Shap summit by 19 seconds, 24 June 2010 (2010): Returns to York NRM for maintenance...

Westmorland. The road climbs to over 1,350 feet (410 m) at Shap Summit, and heads over the Shap Fells into Wasdale where it leaves the National Park and...

Cumbrian Mountain Express which would run from Manchester Victoria over Shap Summit to Carlisle and back along the Settle-Carlisle line, however it failed...

Express from London Euston to Carlisle, with one way being worked over Shap Summit and the other traveling down the Settle and Carlisle Line, and the West...

Railway Eden Valley Railway Clifton and Lowther 1846–1938/1951 Shap 1846–1968 Shap Summit South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway Tebay 1852–1968 Low...

link to the motorway. The section of the M6 that runs over Shap Fell in Cumbria at Shap Summit is 1,036 ft (316 m) above sea level, one of the highest points...

from Beattock Summit or Shap Summit (the gradient at the north end of the bridge closely matches the ruling gradients of Beattock and Shap); as counsel...

Shap railway station served the village of Shap, Westmorland (now in Cumbria), England for over 120 years. The station was situated on the West Coast...

began to move downhill gathering momentum on the 1 in 75 gradient from Shap Summit. In darkness, the 16-tonne steel wagon rolled down the West Coast Main...

to Carnforth on 24 September 2022. The London Euston to Carlisle via Shap Summit & Carnforth to London Euston legs being worked by British Rail Class...

that visit Carlisle. The routes vary from travelling northbound over Shap Summit on the WCML and returning south down the Settle & Carlisle line or vice...

assistance for heavy trains on the steep 1 in 75 gradient to the nearby Shap summit. The shed was closed in 1968, shortly before steam locomotives were entirely...

is the tenth highest standard gauge railway summit in Britain, just 35 feet (11 m) lower than Shap summit. The Fushiebridge loop is on a 1 in 70 gradient...

average speed over a more difficult section of 75.8 miles (122.0 km) over Shap summit. Nock picks out another exceptional run of a rather different nature...

Plumpton Penrith Clifton Moor Eden Valley Railway Clifton and Lowther Shap Shap Summit Tebay Low Gill (2nd) Ingleton branch line Low Gill (1st) Grayrigg (1st)...

Carnforth F & M Jn, Carnforth No.2 Jn, Carnforth Jn, Oxenholme, Tebay, Shap Summit, Penrith No.1, Penrith, Blencow, Penruddock, Threlkeld, Keswick, Braithwaite...

Plumpton Penrith Clifton Moor Eden Valley Railway Clifton and Lowther Shap Shap Summit Tebay Low Gill (2nd) Ingleton branch line Low Gill (1st) Grayrigg (1st)...

Plumpton Penrith Clifton Moor Eden Valley Railway Clifton and Lowther Shap Shap Summit Tebay Low Gill (2nd) Ingleton branch line Low Gill (1st) Grayrigg (1st)...

Plumpton Penrith Clifton Moor Eden Valley Railway Clifton and Lowther Shap Shap Summit Tebay Low Gill (2nd) Ingleton branch line Low Gill (1st) Grayrigg (1st)...