Heversham railway station

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Heversham railway station
Heversham railway station
Location
Place	Cumbria, England
Coordinates	54.2373°N 2.7726°W
Operations
Original company	Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scotland Railway
History
26th June 1876 (the line itself opened on the 3rd of the month)	Station opens as Heversham
4th May 1942	Station closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
	Closed railway stations in Britain; A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

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

Hincaster branch

Heversham was opened by the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway in 1876, before being officially part of the London and North Western Railway 6 years later. 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 the 4th of May, 1942. Four trains were set to run each way.[1]. 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 trackbed is now a foopath and the platform is still visible. The station was sadly demolished.[2]

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Furness line

Bela Viaduct

West Coast Main Line

http://www.hincastertrailway.co.uk/?Welcome:The_story_so_far
"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

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[1] ttp://www.hincastertrailway.co.uk/?Welcome:The_story_so_far

[2] "Trails and Long Routes - Lancashire Coastal Way". Lancashire County Council. Archived from the original on 22 February 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2020.