This line is open. It became part of the London and North Western Railway. The line famously crosses Shap Summit.
/ / | [Lancaster and Carlisle Railway] Takes over the Lancaster Canal, and thus the [Lancaster and Preston Railway]. Services to the south from Lancaster Penny Lane diverted to Lancaster Castle. |
/ /1846 | [Lancaster and Carlisle Railway] Line opened. |
09/06/1862 | [Eden Valley Railway] Opened from Kirkby Stephen ([South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway]) to Clifton (just south of Penrith [Lancaster and Carlisle Railway], the junction originally faced south). Engineer: {Thomas Bouch}. |
/ /1868 | [Settle and Carlisle Line] ([Midland Railway]) An agreement with the [London and North Western Railway] is reached over use of the [Ingleton Branch] ([Lancaster and Carlisle Railway]) and [Lancaster and Carlisle Railway] by the [Midland Railway]. The route would involve the [North Western Railway]. The [Midland Railway] tries to abandon the [Settle and Carlisle Line]. The [North British Railway] and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway block the abandonment. |
/ /1888 | [Lancaster and Carlisle Railway] [Caledonian Railway] Involved in the railway races to Edinburgh! |
/ /1900 | [Eden Valley Railway] Clifton Junction closed on opening of north facing junction with the [Lancaster and Carlisle Railway] at Eden Valley Junction. |
/ /1970 | [Caledonian Railway] [Lancaster and Carlisle Railway] [Lancaster and Preston Railway] [Preston and Wigan Railway] [Wigan Branch Railway] [Warrington and Newton Railway] [Grand Junction Railway] Weaver Junction (south of Warrington) to Glasgow electrification authorised. |
06/05/1974 | [Lancaster and Carlisle Railway] [Lancaster and Preston Railway] [Preston and Wigan Railway] Electric services begin. |
These locations are along the line.
This was the junction between the approach to the original Lancaster [1st] terminus of 1840 and the extension north by the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway of 1846 which left the old terminus on a short branch.
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This is a five platform station.
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Date of change of name assumed.
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This was a sizeable junction station. The line remains open but the station is long gone, closing in 1968. Little remains of the station other than an open area.
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This is a major station in the north west of England. ...
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