Lindal railway station

Lindal railway station served Lindal-in-Furness in the Furness area of South Lakeland, England.

Furness Line
Legend
Cumbrian Coast Line Barrow-in-Furness Furness Railway to Barrow Docks Power Station Salthouse Halt Roose Furness Abbey Dalton Lindal Ulverston to Bardsea to Lakeside River Leven Cark and Cartmel Kents Bank Grange-over-Sands River Kent Arnside branch to WCML at Hincaster Silverdale West Coast Main Line Leeds to Morecambe Line Carnforth Morecambe Branch Line Lancaster West Coast Main Line

Context

Lindal station was situated west of Station Road railway bridge just a short walk south of the main village and Ulverston Road. It served the local coal and iron ore mines in the local area, as well as the village and local candle factory.

It was opened on 6 May 1851 by the Furness Railway on the main Furness Line and was shortly connected to the London and North Western Railway at Lancaster.

The station was closed on 1 October 1951 during a post-war cost cutting drive after nationalisation, by British Railways.

No remains of the station are present today apart from Station Road bridge and an empty arch that used to pass the bay platform line to the east of the station.

History

The Furness Railway was authorised in 1844 to build a line which would link Kirkby-in-Furness with Dalton-in-Furness. The railway was extended in places and subsequently took over the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway and the Ulverston and Lancaster Railway.The station at Lindal was opened in 1846 and began receiving passengers from further afield in 1862 (when the London and North Western Railway was directly linked). Passengers had already begun to travel from West Cumbria from 1865.

Lindal Railway Incident

On Thursday 22 September 1892 near Lindal station, a large hole had appeared beneath the railway, taking many lines out of use and swallowing up a locomotive. Rescue attempts were abandoned and the locomotive still lies underground at an unknown depth. The cause of the hole has been debated but remains unclear to this day.

The former site is situated on a wide embankment carrying only the two main lines that remain.

Services

Services ran regularly with workers trains supplementing the local and express passenger services. Freight was transported to other parts of the country by rail or connected with the freight ships at Barrow.

References

Notes

Sources

• Bradshaw, George (1985) [1922]. July 1922 Railway Guide. Newton Abbott: David & Charles. 
• Broughton, John R (1996). Past and Present Special: The Furness Railway. Wadenhoe, Peterborough: Past and Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1 85895 126 7. 
• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Rush, Robert W. (1973). The Furness Railway 1843-1923. The Oakwood Library of Railway History. Lingfield: Oakwood Press. OL35. 

External links

• Pictures of Lindal Station

Coordinates: 54°20′6.61″N 3°24′17.5″W / 54.3351694°N 3.404861°W / 54.3351694; -3.404861