The Morecambe branch line is a railway line in Lancashire, England, running from Lancaster to Morecambe and Heysham, where trains connect with ferries...
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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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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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"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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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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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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Carnforth railway station (category Stations on the West Coast Main Line)
operate between Lancaster and Leeds, via Skipton. Most run to and from Morecambe. Rolling stock used: Class 150 Sprinter and Class 158 Express Sprinter...
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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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Lancaster railway station (category Stations on the West Coast Main Line)
District Morecambe branch line to Morecambe and Heysham Port; nuclear flask trains serving Heysham power station are the other main users of this line Leeds–Morecambe...
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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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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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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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stretch of the West Coast Main Line, including Shap Summit. Set in the late 1980s, it also features the Morecambe branch line from Lancaster. The British...
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Carnforth (category Morecambe Bay)
Whitehaven Morecambe Branch Line: A single daily parliamentary train service travels to Morecambe, via the north curve at Hest Bank. The West Coast Main Line passes...
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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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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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Lancaster Blackpool North Blackburn Burnley Central Colne Darwen Clitheroe Morecambe Heysham Port Ormskirk Chorley Rawtenstall Carnforth Leyland Blackpool South...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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North Wales Main Line South Wales Main Line Shrewsbury–Chester line Welsh Marches line Butetown branch line Cardiff City Line Coryton Line Ebbw Valley Railway...
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Torrisholme (category Morecambe)
of Morecambe. Poulton-le-Sands is north-west of the village with Bare located to the north. The boundary with Bare is formed by the Morecambe Branch Line...
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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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Bakerloo line at its opening 1922 Euston and Broad Street connected to the line; branch to Croxley Green (L&NWR) 1927 Rickmansworth branch (LMS) See...
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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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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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