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Low Gill and Ingleton branch railway
Little North Western Railway
civil parish:-   Grayrigg (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Firbank (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Sedbergh (formerly Yorkshire)
civil parish:-   Middleton (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Barbon (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Casterton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway
county:-   Lancashire
locality type:-   railway
SummaryText:-   from Lowgill on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, Westmorland; through Sedbergh, Yorkshire; then Middleton, Barbon, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland; southward across Lancashire; to Ingleton on the London and North Western Railway, Yorkshire.
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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triple line, light bold light, railway 
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item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- LMS 1939 B
source data:-   image  click to enlarge
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"MAP OF LMS RAILWAY"
item:-  JandMN : 1016.5
Image © see bottom of page

hearsay:-  
Authorised as a branch of the LNWR, 25 August 1857; opened for goods, 24 August 1861, and for passengers, 16 September 1861.

Binns, Donald: 1994: Little North Western Railway: Channel View Publications (Clevedon, Somerset):: ISBN 1 873150 01 6

person:-   railway company
 : London and North Western RailwayLNWR
date:-   1857
 to 1923

person:-   railway company
 : London, Midland and Scottish RailwayLMS
date:-   1923
 to 1948

person:-   railway company
 : British RailwaysBR
date:-   1948

also see:-    North Western Railway

goes through:-    Lowgill Junction, Lowgill
 Lowgill Station, Lowgill
 railway bridge, Lowgill (3)
 railway bridge, Lowgill (2)
 Lowgill Viaduct, Beck Foot
 railway bridge, Firbank
 railway bridge, Firbank (4)
 railway bridge, Firbank (5)
 railway bridge, Firbank (6)
 Firbank Viaduct, Sedbergh
 railway bridge, Sedbergh (4)
 railway milepost, Sedbergh
 railway bridge, Sedbergh (3)
 railway bridge, Sedbergh
 railway bridge, Sedbergh (2)
 Sedbergh Station, Sedbergh
 Rawthey Bridge, Sedbergh (2)
 railway bridge, Middleton (3)
 railway milepost, Middleton
 railway embankment, Middleton
 railway bridge, Middleton (4)
 railway bridge, Middleton (2)
 Middleton Station, Middleton
 railway bridge, Middleton
 railway bridge, Middleton (8)
 railway bridge, Middleton (6)
 accommodation crossing, Middleton
 accommodation bridge, Middleton
 railway bridge, Middleton (7)
 railway bridge, Middleton (5)
 Barbon Station, Barbon
 railway bridge, Barbon
 railway bridge, Casterton (3)
 railway bridge, Casterton (2)
 railway bridge, Casterton (6)
 railway bridge, Casterton (5)
 railway bridge, Casterton (7)
 railway bridge, Casterton
[railway bridge, Casterton (8)]
[railway bridge, Casterton (9)]
 railway bridge, Lancashire
 Kirkby Lonsdale Station, Lancashire
 Ingleton Station, North Yorkshire
[Ingleton Junction, North Yorkshire]
1857: authorised -  

1861: opened -  

1954: closed, passengers -  

1964: closed, goods -  

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