Lakeside railway station (England)
Lakeside | |||||
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Station on heritage railway | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | Lakeside, Newby Bridge, Cumbria England | ||||
Coordinates | 54°16′42″N 2°57′20″W / 54.2783°N 2.9555°W | ||||
Grid reference | SD378873 | ||||
Operated by | Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway (L&HR) | ||||
Platforms | Originally 3,[1] now 2, 1 in use, 1 disused | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Furness Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Furness Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
2 June 1869 | Opened as Windermere Lake Side | ||||
31 August 1941 | Closed | ||||
3 June 1946 | Reopened summers only | ||||
6 September 1965 | Closed | ||||
2 May 1973 | Reopened as Lakeside by L&HR | ||||
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Lakeside railway station is on the
, as well as the tourist attractions located there.Location
Situated at the southern end of Windermere, the station has a direct interchange with the Windermere Lake Cruises ferry services to Ambleside and Bowness-on-Windermere.
The station is also located next to the
History
The station was opened to passengers on 2 June 1869 by the Furness Railway when the branch from Plumpton Junction (just off the Leven Viaduct on the Ulverston to Carnforth line) to Windermere Lake Side opened, a formal opening of the branch had taken place the day before.[2]
Trains were timed to coincide with sailings by the Windermere United Yacht Company from the adjacent pier.[3] Within a few years the railway bought the yacht company.[4]
Originally, the station had two platforms with an overall roof, a signal box, a turntable and several sidings.[5] The goods yard was able to accommodate most types of goods including live stock and was equipped with a three-ton crane.[6]
As well as the standard gauge tracks the station had a narrow gauge tramway used for coaling lake steamers.[7] A camping coach was positioned here by the London Midland Region from 1955 to 1957, and two coaches were here from 1958 to 1964.[8][9]
The station closed with the line on 6 September 1965.
British Railways sold off the steamboat service to the Bowness Bay Boating Company who were still operating day trips on Windermere in 2020.[11]
The station reopened as part of the heritage Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway in 1973, with trains running to the nearby station of Haverthwaite, roughly an eighteen-minute journey.[10]
Preceding station | Heritage railways | Following station | ||
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Newby Bridge | Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway | Terminus | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Newby Bridge Line and station open |
Furness Railway Ulverston to Lakeside Line |
Terminus |
Film locations
The station has appeared in a number of film and TV scenes. In many appearances the station is titled 'Windermere', despite Windermere's own railway station being on the other side of the lake, on a different line.
- 1973 film of Swallows and Amazons. Although released in 1974, this was filmed in 1973, the preservation society's first year of operation.
- 1980s TV Sherlock Holmes
- 1988 film "Without A Clue" starring Ben Kingsley and Michael Caine
- 1996 TV production of Agatha Christie's Poirot, Dumb Witness
References
- ^ Robinson 2002, p. 25.
- ^ a b Quick 2022, p. 485.
- ^ "Midland and Furness Railway: New route to Windermere and the lake District". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 12 June 1869. p. 3. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Furness Railway Company". Lancaster Gazette. 11 January 1873. p. 8. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Lake Side station on OS 25 inch map Lancashire VIII.11 (Cartmel Fell; Colton; Staveley; Windermere)". National Library of Scotland. 1890. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 585.
- ^ Holme 2016, p. 107.
- ^ McRae 1997, p. 50.
- ^ "LAKESIDE AND HAVERTHWAITE RAILWAY". Some Early Lines – Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Railway History". The Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ "Company History". Windermere Lake Cruises. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
Sources
- Holme, Geoff (August 2016). Peascod, Michael (ed.). "An Edwardian Tour by the Furness Railway". Cumbrian Railways. 12 (3). Pinner: Cumbrian Railways Association. ISSN 1466-6812.
- McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
- Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original(PDF) on 25 November 2022.
- The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
- Robinson, Peter W. (2002). Cumbria's Lost Railways. ISBN 978-1-84033-205-6.