Heversham railway station

Heversham railway station
General information
Location	Cumbria England
Coordinates	54°14′14″N2°46′21″W / 54.2373°N 2.7726°W / 54.2373; -2.7726
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Furness Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 July 1890 [1]	Station opens as Heversham
4 May 1942	Station closed
Location

Hincaster branch
Legend
Arnside Furness line Sandside Bela Viaduct Heversham Oxenholme West Coast Main Line

Heversham railway station served the village of Heversham, near Carnforth, with trains to Kendal and Grange over Sands along the Hincaster branch line.

History

Heversham was opened by the Furness Railway in 1890, before being officially part of the London and North Western Railway. However, the station was passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, only to be closed nineteen years later on 4 May 1942. Four trains were set to run each way. ^[2] A popular train ran through the station, called the Kendal Tommy, which linked Grange-over-Sands with Kendal. After passenger services ceased, typically six-eight freight trains chugged past the station each day until the line closed in 1966.

The site today

The trackbed is now a footpath and the platform is still visible. The station was demolished. ^[3]

References

1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 225
2. "The story so far". Hincaster Trailway. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
3. "Trails and Long Routes - Lancashire Coastal Way". Lancashire County Council. Archived from the original on 22 February 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Sandside		London and North Western Railway Hincaster Branch		Oxenholme railway station