Sandside railway station

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Sandside railway station
General information
Location Cumbria, England
England
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Furness Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
26 June 1876 (the line itself opened on the 3rd of the month)Opened as Sandside
4 May 1942Closed [1]
Hincaster branch
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Arnside
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Sandside
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Heversham
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Oxenholme

Sandside was a railway station situated on the Hincaster Branch of the Furness Railway serving the hamlet and quarries of Sandside. The following station was Heversham, which was the last on the branch before the line joined what is now known as the West Coast Main Line at Hincaster Junction, south of Oxenholme.

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A Furness Railway local passenger train service (known locally as the Kendal Tommy for much of its life [2] ) operated through Sandside from Grange-over-Sands to Kendal between 1876 and its withdrawal in May 1942, when the station also closed to passengers. In July 1922, this FR service ran five times per day in each direction on weekdays. Through goods traffic ended in 1963 [3] and the track was lifted north of here three years later, although the remaining stub down to Arnside was retained until final closure in 1972 to serve local quarries. [2]

Notes

  1. Robinson 2002, p. 9.
  2. 1 2 Marshall, p. 104
  3. Cumbrian Railways Association. "The Railways of Cumbria - A History: The Furness Railway" . Retrieved 24 June 2009.

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References

Services

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Arnside
Line closed, station open
  Furness Railway
Hincaster Branch
  Heversham
Line and station closed

Coordinates: 54°13′19″N2°47′51″W / 54.2220°N 2.7976°W / 54.2220; -2.7976