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	Lancaster and Carlisle Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (LandCR) was a British railway company authorised on 6 June 1844 to build a line between Lancaster and Carlisle in North-West England.
		The LandCR connected at the south with the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway a mile to the south of the town; the new station was Lancaster Castle.
		In 1859 the LandCR was leased to the London and North Western Railway; it became part of the latter in 1879, and after 1923 the LMSR.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lancaster_and_Carlisle_Railway (509 words)

	Carlisle History
		Carlisle is 295 miles from London, 95 miles from Glasgow, 98 miles from Edinburgh, 115 miles from York and Manchester, 58 miles from Newcastle upon Tyne, 107 miles from Stranraer, 25 miles from Cockermouth and 9 miles from Brampton.
		Carlisle station had seven operating companies travelling over eight routes, and was one of Britain's foremost railway junctions.
		Carlisle was noted for the manufacture of ginghams, hats, whips and fish-hooks, but its most noticeable industry was the cotton spinning and weaving.
	www.geocities.com /wandastory/CarlisleHist.html (2429 words)

	Tebay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, built in 1844, linked those two cities; it was absorbed by the London and North Western Railway in 1879.
		Tebay became an important junction for, in 1861, the Stainmore Railway, from Tebay-Kirkby Stephen-Barnard Castle and later becoming part of the North Eastern Railway, brought traffic from the east; it was closed in 1962.
		The Little North Western Railway connecting via the Midland Railway to Settle and Leeds, enters the main line at the south end of the Lune Gorge; it was built in the 1850s, and was last used for passengers in the winter 1962/63 as a relief to the main line.
	enc.qba73.com /link-Tebay (317 words)

	The Story of the L.M.S.
		Although, for example, the Canadian Pacific Railway extends across the North American Continent, its track mileage is not proportionately in excess of that of the L.M.S. The historic trial of locomotives at Rainhill, nine miles east of Liverpool, was begun on October 6, 1829.
		In 1858 Parliament sanctioned the absorption of the Chester and Holyhead Railway.
		The undertaking out of which this railway developed was incorporated in 1845, for the construction of a railway from Carlisle to Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the company did not obtain its Act of Parliament until after a fierce and lengthy struggle, which cost £70,000.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r031.html (7405 words)

	The Development of Carnforth Railway Station
		The "Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway" was formed, and built a line from Ulverston to Carnforth, where in August 1857, it joined the lines of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway.
		The junction between the Ulverston and Lancaster, and the Lancaster and Carlisle Railways was some distance to the south of Carnforth station.
		Carnforth Lancaster and Carlisle and Furness Railway joint station, developed into quite a large junction station, and by 1870 many of the current buildings, on the centre island platform were probably in place.
	home.clara.net /gw0hqd/growth/index.htm (810 words)

	The Eden Valley and Stainmore Railway - Clifton Station
		The Lancaster & Carlisle Railway (which built the station) was opened during 1846—from Lancaster to Oxenholme on September 22, and from Oxenholme to Carlisle on December 17.
		While the L. was still under construction, the " Railway Mania" created two ambitious schemes to link Yorkshire with this route to Scotland, and the two companies, known as the Yorkshire & Glasgow Union, and the York & Carlisle, eventually joined forces to become the Northern Counties Union.
		This was authorised in 1846, to construct a railway across the Pennines from Thirsk, on the Great North of England Railway, to join the Lancaster & Carlisle immediately south of Clifton (about four miles south of Penrith).
	www.cumbria-railways.co.uk /stainmore_clifton.html (1043 words)

	Body
		The first railways in Britain were often in direct competition with the canal network and railways were developed to transport raw materials like coal and quarried stone from the extraction sites to industrial centres and to coastal ports for onward distribution.
		The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway (NCR) railway was absorbed by the North Eastern Railway (NER) in 1863
		Carlisle was affected in that the LNWR, CR, GSWR, MR and the MCR became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS).
	www.btinternet.com /~nodroglit/history2.htm (1654 words)

	The Illustrated London News - Constructions and Openings
		The bridge over the River Lune at Lancaster, depicted in one of the illustrations, was replaced in 1866 when the original three laminated-timber arches were rebuilt in wrought iron.
		Against the wall, at the lower end of the room, was displayed an elegant flag, emblazoned with the incorporated arms of the towns of Lancaster and Carlisle, typical of the union of these two important towns by railway.
		The West Cornwall Railway was originally conceived as broad gauge but applied for and was granted sanction to retain the narrow (standard) gauge which had already been adopted by the Hayle Railway; the latter was to, be rebuilt as part of the WCR and extended to, Truro and Penzance.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /courses/rschwart/ind_rev/iln/opening.htm (3356 words)

	GENUKI: Penrith, Cumberland - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868
		It is a station on the Lancaster and Carlisle railway.
		Since the opening of the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, it has greatly increased in its population and in its trade; so much so as to be considered the most prosperous town in the northern counties.
		Since the opening of the railway and the introduction of artificial manure, a great portion of the moorland has been converted into a high state of cultivation, realising excellent crops of potatoes, andc., which, by means of the railway, are exported in large quantities.
	www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng/CUL/Penrith/Gaz1868.html (1188 words)

	Station
		Originally known as Lancaster Castle station, Lancaster Station opened in 1846 as the Southern terminus of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway.
		The original route of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway was to have been to the east of the town, following the Canal and crossing the Lune from Ladies Walk to Skerton.
		The L and C was absorbed by the London and North Western Railway in 1879.
	www.britarch.ac.uk /lahs/Tour/station.htm (323 words)

	Opening of the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, on Tuesday last, Illustrated London News 19/26 December 1846
		A fine view of the town of Kendal was enjoyed from this station: the winter sun lit up the church spires, and blue roofs of the white houses which lay in the vale beneath; whilst, far beyond, rose the white-capped mountains of the West - the giants of the Lake.
		At Penrith, the train was met by another from Carlisle; and, after gazing for a short time at the ruins of its old Castle, they each proceeded onward to Carlisle.
		From Penrith, the Line enters the valley of the Petteril, through which it pursues almost a direct course to Carlisle, joining the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway at the London-road Station, where the line is 36 feet above the level at Morecambe Bay, and 852 feet below the Shap summit.
	home.clara.net /gw0hqd/media/iln/iln.htm (2261 words)

	Cumbria Railways
		Carlisle, Penrith, Oxenholme (& to the midlands, the south, & Glasgow)
		Many of the Cumbrian railway lines closed due to the decline in the industries that they serviced so well during their heyday such as coal mining, iron ore mining, and steelmaking, along with the closures recommended in the Beeching Report in the early 1960s.
		The Eden Valley Railway Society was formed in 1995 with the aim of reopening the Appleby to Warcop section of the Eden Valley line, and then reconstructing the railway along the old route to Stainmore Summitt.
	www.visitcumbria.com /railway.htm (463 words)

	GENUKI: Carlisle St Cuthbert, Cumberland
		It is situated on the river Petterill, and is crossed by the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, which has a station at Wreay.
		The village is situated on the river Petterill, and on the Lancaster railway.
		The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Carlisle, value £140, in the patronage of the dean and chapter.
	www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng/CUL/Carlisle/StCuthbert (451 words)

	Leeds-Lancaster-Morecambe Railway
		The Leeds and Bradford Railway had been extended from Shipley to Colne, and from a junction at Skipton the North Western line curved away to the north.
		From Clapham a branch was planned to Lancaster; the main line was to head north to Kirkby Lonsdale and then follow the River Lune to join the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway at Low Gill, south of Tebay.
		A branch was built from Green Ayre to the Castle Station of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway.
	www.llmr.co.uk /history.cfm (1900 words)

	The Furness Railway Company
		In November 1843, a Prospectus was published for the Furness Railway, linking the slate quarries of Kirkby in Furness, and iron ore in the Lindal area to a deep water berth at Roa Island (south of Barrow in Furness at the mouth of the Walney Channel).
		The Government's Railway Act of 1921 signalled the end of the plethora of interlinking independent railway companies, many of whom dated back to the earliest years of railways in Britain, the country that gave birth to the railway.
		British Railways closed the Coniston branch to passengers in 1958 and goods in 1962, the Lakeside branch lost its passenger service in 1965 - thankfully part of the line is still open as the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway - running what is now the last surviving Furness Railway branch line.
	www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk /frco.htm (1189 words)

	Carlisle canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		From Carlisle the coast to coast route was proposed (at different times) to take one of three routes.
		The biggest injury to the canal's trade came with the opening of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway which stole both the freight and passenger trade away from the waterway.
		On the way to Port Carlisle there are still a number of original canal bridges but they all had their height altered to accommodate steam trains.
	www.canals.btinternet.co.uk /canals/carlislecanal.htm (1059 words)

	Images Of Cumbria - Hesket-In-The-Forest Parish
		The commons were enclosed under an act passed in 1803, for enclosing the forest of Inglewood; and the tenants are chiefly copyholders under the duke of Devonshire, who has all the royalties and soccage lands, although there are some mense manors within the parish.
		The church was dedicated to St. Mary, and appropriated to the prior and convent of Carlisle, whose successors, the dean and chapter are now the patrons and impropriators of the benefice, which is a perpetual curacy, in the incumbency of the Rev. William Hudson, who is also perpetual curate of Armathwaite chapelry.
		Hesket Nether, 7½ miles S.S.E. of Carlisle, is a village forming part of the township commonly called Upper and Nether Hesket, but a few of the houses are in the township of Petteril Crooks.
	www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk /cumbria/hesket_f.html (1528 words)

	Industries of Cumbria - Coal
		Despite the opening of the railway to Carlisle large amounts of coal were stille being carried by horse and cart to areas not served by the railway, such as Penrith.
		It was not until the opening of the Lancaster to Carlisle Railway in December 1846 that the end of transport direct from the pit head by horse and cart was brought to an end.
		So the coming of the railways both caused a reduction in the price of coal at the market by reducing the direct transport costs, but also by price fixing to encourage the carriage of coal by the new railway system to the detriment of the more traditional means.
	www.cumbria-industries.org.uk /tindale.htm (838 words)

	Industries of Cumbria - Railways to Carlisle
		Construction of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway began in 1830, but it was not until 1838 that the line was completed to connect the two cities.
		In 1843, the arrival of the second line to the city – the Maryport and Carlisle Railway – brought with it the complications and arguments which were to be a continuing feature of Carlisle’s railway history, although not to begin with.
		Agreement was finally reached for Maryport and Carlisle trains to use the new station in 1851, but not before their station at Crown Street had been totally demolished by a gang of one hundred Lancaster and Carlisle men, armed with picks and crowbars, in order to force the issue!
	www.cumbria-industries.org.uk /carlisle.htm (1142 words)

	Virtual-Lancaster.net visitor's guide - Local Attractions
		In addition to displays of Lancaster's fine Waring and Gillow furniture the top floor of this former town house - which includes room exhibits of the house as it used to be - is turned over to a toy museum with artefacts from various periods from throughout the 20th century.
		In the adjacent warehouse are displays on the Lancaster Canal and the ecology of Morecambe Bay.
		Carnforth Railway Station was opened in 1846 by the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company as a roadside "second class" station, and was originally just a single platform.
	www.lancasterukonline.net /visitors/attractions.htm (2729 words)

	Settle - Carlisle Line key events
		The St.Blazey — Carlisle freight derails at Settle Junction.
		"The Midland Railway, A Chronology"Page 183 Settle and Carlisle Railway
		On 1st July 2004 the Strategic Rail Authority announced that Serco-Ned Railways was the preferred bidder for the franchise.
	www.redfern83.freeserve.co.uk /a200_settle_carlisle_events.html (1404 words)

	Lancaster campus \| St Martin's College
		Lancaster is on the main London to Glasgow rail line and is therefore particularly accessible by rail.
		The Railway and Bus Stations are both a 20 minute walk, or short taxi ride away.
		These maps have been produced by Lancashire County Council and Lancaster City Council to promote and encouraging cycling and walking, footpaths and cycle routes are marked.
	www.ucsm.ac.uk /location/lancaster/index.php (194 words)

	Carnforth Railway Station: railway
		Originally just a single platform, Carnforth Railway Station was opened in 1846 by the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company.
		Ten years later, the recent connection of the Furness and Midland Railway lines enabled a small station to be built.
		Trains were then able to run into a new Midland Railway bay and Carnforth was now under the control of three railway companies - the Furness Railway, the Midland Railway and London and North Western Railway.
	pages.zoom.co.uk /carnforth-station/railway.html (504 words)

	Add URL Links Page Cumbria Railways
		Bideford & Instow Railway Group - Situated along the southern banks of the Taw and Torridge Rivers in scenic North Devon, the branch was closed to passengers in 1965 and to freight in 1982.
		The Dean Forest Railway - The Dean Forest Railway Society (DFRS) was formed in 1970 to become the volunteer support organisation for the Dean Forest Railway (DFR), whose objective was to preserve the last remaining section of the Severn & Wye Railway.
		Telford Steam Railway - Located in the West Midlands, 20 miles west of Wolverhampton, Telford Steam Railway is a preserved railway operated by a small and friendly team of volunteers on Sundays and Bank Holidays from Easter to the end of September, and at Christmas.
	www.cumbria-railways.co.uk /links.html (4866 words)

	Cumbrian Railways Association
		The Cumbrian Railways Association was formed in 1976 in order to foster a widening interest in the fascinating history of the railways of Cumbria.
		Starting with locally promoted lines such as those from Carlisle to Newcastle and Maryport in the 1830s and 40s, these were soon linked into the first of the great trunk lines through the area, the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway and its northern partner, the Caledonian Railway.
		Membership of the Association is open to all who are interested in the railways of Cumbria both past and present.
	www.cumbrianrailwaysassociation.org.uk (364 words)

	Hotels in Carnforth Lancashire accommodation - Carnforth hotels B&B accommodation in Lancashire Fylde Coast UK
		Famous as a venue of the original film "Brief Encounter," it was once a major railway town, being the junction of 3 major railroads to the North, East and West.
		It is now thought that the original Lancaster and Carlisle station building, is the building that in later years became the Carnforth station refreshment room.
		Lancaster Priory and Parish Church dates from the 11th century though there has been a church on this site from 630 A.D. The present building, next to Lancaster Castle, is mainly 15th century.
	www.kayukay.co.uk /carnforthhotels.html (509 words)

	a000 Hellifield
		Although not quite on the 1876 Settle to Carlisle railway, Hellifield lies on the Leeds - Settle - Carlisle route and because of its historical associations, it is worthy of a place in the website.
		I am fortunate to be able to present photographs and to be able to write about Hellifield Station because only a few years ago it was in a sad state of disrepair and under a threat of demolition.
		These were early days in the development of the local railway system as the Lancaster to Carlisle railway had only reached Carlisle in December 1847.
	www.redfern83.freeserve.co.uk /a000_hellifield.html (599 words)

	Electrification Pioneers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Built west from Skipton – on the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway – the Little North Western route included the towns of Settle, Clapham and Ingleton before turning northwards to a junction with the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at Low Gill north of Oxenholme.
		The Heysham to Morecambe line was electrified on 13 April 1908, extended to Lancaster Green Ayre on 8 June 1908 and to Lancaster Castle on 14 September 1908.
		The Ovangle Bridge to Carlisle Bridge section was known locally as the "Golden Mile" and each mast – including the three holding the catenary at low level to simulate a tunnel environment – carried an identifying "X" plate.
	glostransporthistory.softdata.co.uk /electrif.htm (4254 words)

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