Lancaster Old Junction

Location type

Junction

Name and dates

Lancaster Old Junction (1846-1967)

Opened on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway.
Opened on the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway.

Description

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.

The old terminus closed to passengers in 1849, three years after the extension, to become a goods station until 1967.

Tags

Junction
02/04/2018


Nearby stations
Lancaster [1st]
Lancaster
Lancaster Green Ayre
Scale Hall
Ashton Hall [Private]
Conder Green
Bare Lane
Halton [NWR]
Glasson Dock
Galgate
Poulton Lane
Morecambe Euston Road
Morecambe
Middleton Road Bridge Halt
Morecambe [2nd]
Lancaster Basin
Penny Street Bridge 99 [LC]
Friarage Bridge 100 [LC]
Nelson Street Bridge 101 [LC]
Moor Lane Bridge 102 [LC]
Bridge 103 [LC]
Ridge Lane Bridge 104 [LC]
Works
Lancaster Gas Works
Lune Mills
Lancaster Quay
Ladies Walk Sidings
Lancaster New Quay
Ladies Walk Siding
Tourist/other
Lancaster Castle [Castle]
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The Lake Counties v. 14 (Regional Railway History)

An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways

Steam Dreams