Shap

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Shap

Opened on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway.




Chronology Dates

01/03/2008Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
In high wind five empty containers are blown from a Freightliner Tilbury - Coatbridge Freightliner Terminal train at Hardendale (south of Shap).

News items

11/07/2022New service to support UKs automotive industry by moving 315kt of aggregate by rail [GB Railfreight]
31/05/2021Network Rail clear adders from railway embankment at Shap Cutting [News and Star]

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