Lindal railway station

Lindal railway station served Lindal-in-Furness in the Furness area of Lancashire, England (now part of Cumbria).

Lindal
General information
Location	Lindal-in-Furness, Barrow-in-Furness England
Coordinates	54.1691°N 3.1494°W / 54.1691; -3.1494
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Furness Railway
Pre-grouping	Furness Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1851 (1851)	Opened
1951	Closed
1951	Demolished
Location Lindal Location in the present-day Borough of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria Lindal Location in present-day Cumbria, England

Furness line
Cumbrian Coast line Barrow-in-Furness Furness Railway to Barrow Docks Power Station Roose Furness Abbey Dalton Lindal Ulverston to Conishead Priory 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

Lindal station was situated west of London Road railway bridge just a short walk south of the main village and Ulverston Road. It served the local coal and iron ore mines in the local area, as well as the village and local candle factory.

It was opened on 6 May 1851 by the Furness Railway on the Furness Line and was shortly connected to the London and North Western Railway at Lancaster.

The station was closed on 1 October 1951 during a post-war cost cutting drive after nationalisation, by British Railways.

No remains of the station are present today apart from London Road bridge and an empty arch that used to pass the bay platform line to the east of the station.

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 Lindal 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 1865.

Lindal railway incident

Main article: Lindal railway incident

The hole that opened under the tracks at Lindal

On Thursday 22 September 1892 near Lindal station, a large hole had appeared beneath the railway, taking many lines out of use and swallowing up a locomotive. Rescue attempts were abandoned and the locomotive still lies underground at an unknown depth. The cause of the hole has been debated but remains unclear to this day.

The former site is situated on a wide embankment carrying only the two main lines that remain.

Services

Services ran regularly with workers trains supplementing the local and express passenger services. Freight was transported to other parts of the country by rail or connected with the freight ships at Barrow.

References

Sources

• 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. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
• Rush, Robert W. (1973). The Furness Railway 1843-1923. The Oakwood Library of Railway History. Lingfield: Oakwood Press. OL35.

External links

• Pictures of Lindal Station

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Ulverston Line and station open		Furness Railway		Dalton Line and station open