Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	Arnside to Hincaster branch railway
civil parish:-	Arnside (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-	Beetham (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-	Milnthorpe (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-	Heversham (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-	Hincaster (formerly Westmorland)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	railway
SummaryText:-	from Arnside Junction on the Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway, Lancashire; through Sandside, Heversham, to Hincaster Junction on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, Westmorland.
references:-	RWY012.jpg
evidence:-	old map:- LMS 1939 B
source data:-	click to enlarge LMS6Cm.jpg "MAP OF LMS RAILWAY" item:-  JandMN : 1016.5 Image © see bottom of page
hearsay:-	A five and a quarter mile cut off connecting Grange-over-Sands to Oxenholme, part of the Furness Railway, open 1876, finally closed 1972.
	The 1867 Act states that part of the line must be on arches:-
	"In order that the view from Dallam Tower Estate may be obstructed as little as possible"
	making a bridge over the River Bela into an unecessary viaduct.
person:-	railway company  : Furness Railway; FR
date:-	1876  to 1923
person:-	railway company  : London, Midland and Scottish Railway; LMS
date:-	1923  to 1948
person:-	railway company  : British Railways; BR
date:-	1948  to 1972
goes through:-	Arnside Junction, Arnside  railway embankment, Arnside  Sandside Station, Beetham  railway bridge, Sandside  Bela Viaduct, Beetham  Heversham Station, Heversham  railway bridge, Heversham  railway bridge, Hincaster  Hincaster Junction, Hincaster 1870 - 1871: authorized  1876: opened -   1942: closed to passengers -   1972: closed -

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