Hincaster Branch

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Hincaster Branch was a single track railway branch line of the Furness Railway which ran from Arnside on the Furness main line to a junction with the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (later the London and North Western Railway) at Hincaster (Conolly, 1997). Intermediate stations were provided at Sandside and Heversham. The branch was opened in 1867 but passenger services ended on 4 May 1942 and the track between Sandside and Hincaster Junction was lifted in 1966. A short stub from Arnside to Sandside lasted into the 1970s to serve local quarries.

[edit] References

• Conolly, W.P. [1958](1997) British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazeteer, 5th Ed., Shepperton : Ian Allen, ISBN 0-7110-0320-3, p. 24

[edit] External links

• http://www.railscot.co.uk/Hincaster_Branch/frame.htm