This Middleton Press album takes a look at the former main line from Wennington to Morecambe and Heysham. This area west of Lancaster, covering approximately nine square miles, has over time boasted two competing railway companies, two harbours, ten stations, over a dozen signal boxes and extensive freight and passenger services. On the approach to Lancaster, the line passed a carriage and wagon works, munitions factory and a power station that were all rail-served. Across the River Lune there was another munitions factory, an oil refinery and chemical plant, two gasworks and a nuclear power station, again all rail-served. The area was host to an electrified suburban rail system for over half a century from the early 1900s and, later, pioneered overhead line electrification that became the national standard.
Much of the network and infrastructure have disappeared, save for one or two prominent landmarks. Today the area is served by regular passenger workings from Leeds, Skipton and Lancaster, one of which is the daily boat train to Heysham Port
Stations and Locations covered in this book:
Stations Photo & Pages
• Wennington 1-7
• Hindburn Bridge 8
• Hornby 9-10
• Caton 11-14
• Halton 16-22
• Lancaster Green Ayre 30-37
• Lancaster MPD 38-40
• Lancaster Castle Spur 41-43
• Lancaster Castle 44-48
• Scale Hall 54-58
• Torrisholme Junction 60
• Hest Bank Junction 61-63
• Morecambe 64-67, 112-115
• Morecambe Harbour 68-70
• Morecambe Promenade 71-88
• Heysham Harbour 100-104
• Heysham Port 105-106
• Heysham Harbour Goods 107-111
• Bare Lane (1994) 116-118
• Lancaster (1994) 119
• Hest Bank (1994) 120
Author: Roy Davies
Published by: Middleton Press
Size: 240 x 174 mm
Format:Hardback
Language:English
Photos: 120
Pages: 96
Large Scale Maps
Other details of local history
ISBN: 9781910356586
Published: July 2021
Re-printed: June 2024
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