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proposed |
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| locality:- |
Lancaster |
| county:- |
Lancashire |
| locality type:- |
railway (proposal) |
| civil parish:- |
Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland) |
| civil parish:- |
Maryport (formerly Cumberland) |
| civil parish:- |
Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) |
| county:- |
Cumbria |
| locality type:- |
railway (proposal) |
| SummaryText:- |
from Lancaster, Lancashire; via Whitehaven, Maryport, to Carlisle, Cumberland - a
Cumberland Coast route. |
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hearsay:-
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Prompted by George Stephenson's idea of the Grand Caledonian Junction Railway. Surveyed
by John Hague, for a local committee, 1838. Crossing the Lancaster Sands by an embankment
in a direct line from Poulton, Morecambe to Leonard's Point, Furness; crossing the
Duddon Sands by an embankment; with a branch line to Ulverston. More detailed planning
by John U Rastrick, 1838-39; renamed the West Cumberland Railway and Morecambe Bay
Inclosure Company.
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Gilpin, Leslie R: 2008: Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway: Cumbrian Railways Association::
ISBN 0 954232 7 0
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| also see:- |
 Cumberland Coast railway |
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| also see:- |
Grand Caledonian Junction Railway |
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