Sandside railway station

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.

Sandside railway station
Location
PlaceCumbria, England
Operations
Original companyLancaster and Carlisle Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scotland Railway
History
26th June 1876 (the line itself opened on the 3rd of the month)Station opens as Sandside
4th May 1942Station 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
Hincaster branch
 Arnside
Furness line
 Sandside
Bela Viaduct
 Heversham
 Oxenholme
West Coast Main Line

A Furness Railway local passenger train service (known locally as the Kendal Tommy for much of its life[1]) 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[2] 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.[1]

Notes
  1. Marshall, p. 104
  2. Cumbrian Railways Association. "The Railways of Cumbria - A History: The Furness Railway". Retrieved 24 June 2009.
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References
  • Marshall, J (1981). Forgotten Railways North-West England. David & Charles (Publishers) Ltd, Newton Abbott. ISBN 0-7153-8003-6.

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

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