Cumbrian Coast Line (history)

:"This is a historical article. For current information see Cumbrian Coast Line"

The Cumbrian Coast Line is a rail route in North West England, running from Carlisle to Barrow-in-Furness via Workington and Whitehaven. It is an amalgamation of several early railways.

Constituents

* Carlisle to Maryport, Maryport and Carlisle Railway [http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Maryport_and_Carlisle_Railway/frame.htm] opened 1845
* Maryport to Whitehaven, Whitehaven Junction Railway [http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Whitehaven_Junction_Railway/frame.htm] (acquired by London and North Western Railway 1866)
* Whitehaven to Kirkby-in-Furness, Whitehaven and Furness Railway [http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Whitehaven_and_Furness_Railway/frame.htm] (acquired by Furness Railway 1865)
* Kirkby-in-Furness to Barrow-in-Furness, Furness Railway [http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Furness_Railway/frame.htm] opened 1844

All the above constituents were absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923.

Connecting railways

* Silloth branch, from Aspatria
* Brigham branch, near Maryport
* Cleator and Workington Junction Railway, near Workington
* Cockermouth and Workington Railway, near Workington
* Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway, near Corkickle [http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Whitehaven_Cleator_and_Egremont_Railway/frame.htm]
* Cleator and Furness Railway, near Sellafield
* Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, at Ravenglass. This is a narrow gauge railway but there was formerly a standard gauge line from Ravenglass to Murthwaite for freight.
* Coniston Branch, near Foxfield
* Sandscale branch, at Barrow in Furness

Other railways

* Rowrah and Kelton Fell Railway [http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Rowrah_and_Kelton_Fell_Railway/frame.htm]
* Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway

References