Furness line
A predominantly passenger line, it serves various towns along the Furness coast, including Barrow-in-Furness, Ulverston and Grange-over-Sands.It was originally intended to be used solely as a mineral railway, however provisions were made for a branch to Barrow and a link to Ulverston, the largest local town at the time.A passenger station had been opened at Ramsden Dock a year before to connect with the new Isle of Man and later Belfast steamer services.[3] As a result, an effort was made to modernise the line as a tourist railway, linking the country to the Lake District.The Roa Island branch was closed in 1936, however the rest of the network remained open until the formation of British Railways.[9] Following a recasting of rail franchises in the North of England by the Department for Transport, all services on the line were transferred to Northern in April 2015.The enhanced service will use new, air-conditioned Class 195 'Civity' units[11] and offer free onboard WiFi and faster journey times.
Furness Bermuda LineNorthern RailClass 156Grange-over-SandsNetwork RailCumbriaLancashireFurnessBarrow-in-FurnessNorth West EnglandCarnforthBarrow in FurnessHeavy railCommuter railNational RailNorthernClass 68 'UKLight'Class 156 'Super Sprinter'Class 195 'Civity'Track gaugestandard gaugeElectrification25 kV 50 Hz ACCumbrian Coast lineFurness RailwayFurness AbbeyDaltonLindalUlverstonLakesideRiver LevenCark and CartmelWraysholme HaltKents BankRiver KentArnsideHincaster branch lineSilverdaleWest Coast Main LineLeeds–Morecambe lineBolton-le-SandsHest BankMorecambe branch lineLancasterrailwayManchester AirportPrestonMillomSellafieldCarlisleUlverston and Lancaster Railwaycommunity rail partnershipLondon EustonMorecambe BayKirkby in FurnessLindal in FurnessWhitehaven and Furness Junction RailwayLondon and North Western RailwayConistonWindermereBig FourLondon, Midland & Scottish RailwayBritish RailwaysLakeside and Haverthwaite Railwayprivatisation of British RailFirst North WesternFirst TransPennine ExpressManchesterClass 37Mark 2Class 170 'Turbostar'Chiltern RailwaysClass 68Arriva Rail NorthSprinterClass 185 'Desiro'Department for TransportTransPennine Expressclockface timetableBuxton lineCalder Valley lineChester–Warrington lineCrewe–Derby lineGlossop lineHope Valley lineHuddersfield lineMid-Cheshire lineRibble Valley lineStafford–Manchester lineTyne Valley lineWeaver Junction–Liverpool lineBlackpool branch linesBorderlands lineChester–Birkenhead lineCrewe–Manchester lineEast Lancashire lineHooton–Helsby lineKirkby branch lineLiverpool–Manchester linesLiverpool–Wigan lineManchester–Preston lineManchester–Southport lineNorthern lineOrmskirk branch lineSettle–Carlisle lineStockport–Stalybridge lineStyal lineWindermere branch lineWirral lineEast Lancashire RailwayEden Valley RailwayLakeside & Haverthwaite RailwayRibble Steam Railway