Furness Abbey railway station

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Furness Abbey
Location	Barrow in Furness, Barrow in Furness England
Grid reference	SD 218 719
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Furness Railway
Pre-grouping	Furness Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1846 (1846)	Opened
1950	Closed
1950	Demolished

Furness Abbey is a former railway station in the Barrow-in-Furness area of the Furness Peninsula, England.

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Legend
Cumbrian Coast line Barrow-in-Furness Furness Railway to Barrow Docks Power Station Roose Furness Abbey Dalton Lindal Ulverston to to Lakeside River Leven Cark and Cartmel Wraysholme Halt Kents Bank Grange-over-Sands River Kent Arnside Hincaster branch line Silverdale West Coast Main Line Leeds–Morecambe line Carnforth Bolton-le-Sands Hest Bank Morecambe branch line Lancaster West Coast Main Line

Context[]

Furness Abbey Station was situated at the southern end of the Furness Abbey complex. It served the nearby local attraction, the ruins of Furness Abbey, the Furness Abbey Hotel and the few houses and farms scattered about the general area. The Cistercian Way, which begins at Furness Abbey is a walking trail to Dalton-in-Furness made famous by the poet William Wordsworth.

History[]

The Furness Railway was authorised in 1844 to build a line which would link Kirkby-in-Furness with Dalton-in-Furness. The railway was extended in places and subsequently took over the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway and the Ulverston and Lancaster Railway. The station at Furness Abbey was opened in 1846 and began receiving passengers from further afield in 1862 (when the London and North Western Railway was directly linked). Passengers had already begun to travel from West Cumbria from 1850 (though the Furness company didn't formally lease the coast line from Whitehaven until 1865).

Services[]

Services stopped at Furness Abbey to allow passengers to use the Furness Abbey Hotel, owned by the railway company. All services north of Barrow had initially to travel back to Furness Abbey towards Dalton, where they reversed at Dalton Jcn and continued onto Askam. This practice eventually ceased in 1882, when the loop line to the new central Barrow station on Abbey Road was completed and trains could continue from there northwards to Askam without reversal.

The station was closed by British Railways shortly after nationalisation, on 25 September 1950 and was subsequently demolished. No trace of the station now remains.^[1]

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Bradshaw, George (1985) [1922]. July 1922 Railway Guide. Newton Abbott: David & Charles.
• Broughton, John R (1996). Past and Present Special: The Furness Railway. Wadenhoe, Peterborough: Past and Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1 85895 126 7.
• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
• Rush, Robert W. (1973). The Furness Railway 1843-1923. The Oakwood Library of Railway History. Lingfield: Oakwood Press. OL35.

External links[]

• Site of Former Furness Abbey Station

Coordinates: 54°8′14.7″N 3°11′51.6″W�� / 54.137417°N 3.197667°W / 54.137417; -3.197667