Sandside railway station explained

Sandside railway station
Status:Disused
Borough:Cumbria, England
Country:England
Original:Furness Railway
Pregroup:London and North Western Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Years:26 June 1876 (the line itself opened on the 3rd of the month)
Events:Opened as Sandside
Years2:4 May 1942
Events2:Closed

Sandside was a railway station situated on the Hincaster Branch of the Furness Railway serving the hamlet and quarries of Sandside. The following station was Heversham, which was the last on the branch before the line joined what is now known as the West Coast Main Line at Hincaster Junction, south of Oxenholme.

A Furness Railway local passenger train service (known locally as the Kendal Tommy for much of its life[1]) operated through Sandside from Grange-over-Sands to Kendal between 1876 and its withdrawal in May 1942, when the station also closed to passengers. In July 1922, this FR service ran five times per day in each direction on weekdays. Through goods traffic ended in 1963[2] and the track was lifted north of here three years later, although the remaining stub down to Arnside was retained until final closure in 1972 to serve local quarries.[1]

References

Services

54.222°N -2.7976°W

Notes and References

  1. Marshall, p. 104
  2. Web site: The Railways of Cumbria - A History: The Furness Railway. Cumbrian Railways Association. 24 June 2009.