This line is divided into a number of portions.
Kirkby Quarry to Piel
Opened 1846. An isolated railway at this stage.
156486 leaves Kirkby-in-Furness heading down the east side of the Duddon Estuary on 25th August 2022, with one more stop (at Askam) before its ...
Mark Bartlett 25/08/2022
156486, working from Carlisle to Barrow, is on the east side of the Duddon Estuary crossing the Kirk Pool watercourse as it approaches ...
Mark Bartlett 25/08/2022
With the Duddon estuary over the platform wall to the right, a Barrow to Carlisle service arrives at Kirkby-in-Furness on 11 March 2016. After ...
John McIntyre 11/03/2016
An afternoon Carlisle to Barrow service arrives at Kirkby-in-Furness on 11 March 2016 with DBSO 9710 leading and 'Concrete Bob' (aka 37425) providing ...
John McIntyre 11/03/2016
Now the standard traction for Cumbrian Coast scheduled services, two Class 156 Sprinters pass on 18th May 2021. 156463 approaching the camera is ...
Mark Bartlett 18/05/2021
The mechanical signal boxes on the Cumbrian Coast may well become some of the last operational on the UK main lines. This is Askam, on the end of the ...
Mark Bartlett 18/05/2021
A view north at Askam from the level crossing with signal box and station building in June 2014. ...
John McIntyre 14/06/2014
156429 is about to pull away from Askam for Barrow, as another Sprinter approaches heading north on 8th May 2021. ...
Mark Bartlett 18/05/2021
156491 approaches the outskirts of Askam heading from Barrow to Carlisle on 18th May 2021. The Sprinter is just passing the point where a line ...
Mark Bartlett 18/05/20211 of 1 images.
Preserved B1 No. 61306 (it was never an LNER loco) leads ‘Flying Scotsman' round the sharp curve between Park South and Dalton Junctions, ...
Bill Jamieson 08/05/1976
View south from the level crossing at Park South, Cumbria. The
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Mark Bartlett 04/11/2013
The Furness Railway signal box at Park South, which controls the junction, level crossing and associated semaphores. This view looks north towards ...
Mark Bartlett 04/11/20133 of 3 images.
DRS 37425 Sir Robert McAlpine/Concrete Bob working the 2C47 Preston to Barrow-in-Furness service on 26th May 2017. Photographed from the ...
Mark Bartlett 26/05/2017
What appears to be the old Ulverston platform is visible in the undergrowth as the Preston to Barrow train rounds the curve at Furness Abbey on 13th ...
Mark Bartlett 13/11/2017
A Class 185 unit heads away from the camera towards Barrow-in-Furness as it passes the site of Furness Abbey station on 11 July 2016. The station ...
John McIntyre 11/07/2016
The daily Preston to Barrow-in-Furness push-pull nears its destination as it runs south through the site of Furness Abbey station on 26th October ...
Mark Bartlett 26/10/2015
The return trip from Carnforth to Carlisle via the Cumbrian Coast of the Class 37 Farewell special, on 11 January 2019, is seen passing Roose on the ...
John McIntyre 11/01/2019
Roose, on the outskirts of Barrow in Furness, has been reduced to basic facilities but still enjoys a reasonable service of trains between Barrow and ...
Mark Bartlett 17/01/20092 of 2 images.
Dalton Branch
Opened 1846.
Dalton Junction signalbox, seen from the passing 2C47 Preston to Barrow-in-Furness service on 13th November 2017. 37402 is just passing the tracks ...
Mark Bartlett 13/11/2017
Line to left to Furness and the line to the right is the bypass for the Cumbrian Coast Railway. ...
Ewan Crawford //2 of 2 images.
The light in the rear cab of 37402 is visible as it heads through Dalton Tunnel on its way to Barrow-in-Furness with train 2C47 from Preston on 13th ...
Mark Bartlett 13/11/20171 of 1 images.
Diesel loco No.2011 brings a train of visitors over a short elevated section on the South Lakeland Safari Zoo Railway and approaches the Restaurant ...
Mark Bartlett 22/08/2016
Harrington Hump (Long wheelbase variety). An extended version of the raised platforms in use on the Cumbrian Coast line has appeared at Dalton, ...
Mark Bartlett 28/04/2014
An immaculately turned out 37409 'Lord Hinton' heads the outward leg of the Carlisle to Carnforth special to mark the end of Class 37 services on the ...
John McIntyre 11/01/2019
Trains on the South Lakeland Zoo miniature railway at Dalton perform an out and back loop past the animal enclosures and then the locomotive is ...
Mark Bartlett 22/08/2016
Barrow Branch
Opened 1846 to Rabbit Hill, Barrow.
The return trip from Carnforth to Carlisle via the Cumbrian Coast of the Class 37 Farewell special, on 11 January 2019, is seen passing Roose on the ...
John McIntyre 11/01/2019 Roose, on the outskirts of Barrow in Furness, has been reduced to basic facilities but still enjoys a reasonable service of trains between Barrow and ...
Mark Bartlett 17/01/2009 2 of 2 images.
Kirkby to Broughton
Opened 1848.
156486 leaves Kirkby-in-Furness heading down the east side of the Duddon Estuary on 25th August 2022, with one more stop (at Askam) before its ...
Mark Bartlett 25/08/2022 156486, working from Carlisle to Barrow, is on the east side of the Duddon Estuary crossing the Kirk Pool watercourse as it approaches ...
Mark Bartlett 25/08/2022 With the Duddon estuary over the platform wall to the right, a Barrow to Carlisle service arrives at Kirkby-in-Furness on 11 March 2016. After ...
John McIntyre 11/03/2016 An afternoon Carlisle to Barrow service arrives at Kirkby-in-Furness on 11 March 2016 with DBSO 9710 leading and 'Concrete Bob' (aka 37425) providing ...
John McIntyre 11/03/2016 
High tide at the Kirkby Pool inlet as 37425 crosses the girder bridge with the 1437hrs service from Barrow to Carlisle on 25th October 2017. ...
Tony Jenkinson 25/08/2017
37425 heads for Carlisle, crossing the tidal inlet at Kirkby Pool just to the north of the station, on 16th May 2017. ...
Tony Jenkinson 17/05/2017
37403 takes the 1437hrs Barrow to Carlisle train over the tidal inlet at Kirkby Pool, near Kirkby-in-Furness, on 8th August 2016. ...
Tony Jenkinson 08/08/20163 of 3 images.
Looking along the island platform at Foxfield, with the signalbox at the northern end, in January 2018 ...
John McIntyre 26/01/2018
Foxfield, Cumbrian Coast route on the former Furness Railway section. 68003 'Astute' heads 6C51 12:47 Sellafield British Nuclear Fuels to Heysham ...
Stephen Willetts 01/03/2023
Northern 156475 restarts from the Foxfield request stop with a Barrow to Workington service on 27 September. This station, in an exposed location on ...
Mark Bartlett 27/09/2014
Immediately north of Foxfield station the railway swings sharply to the west to cross the Duddon Estuary before turning south for Millom. 37401 is ...
Mark Bartlett 13/11/2017
Dalton to Ulverston
Op 1851 Dalton to Lindal Op 1852 Lindal to Ulverston Rd Op 1854 Ulverston Rd to Ulverston
The site of Lindal station, between Ulverston and Dalton, closed in 1951. In this 2014 view west towards Dalton the tracks diverge slightly but this ...
Mark Bartlett 10/03/2014
The Lakelander special from Euston to Sellafield drifts downhill at Lindal-in-Furness in May 1976 behind Nos. (6)1306 and 4472. The M&GNJRS ...
Bill Jamieson 08/05/1976
The '6000 Locomotive Association' railtour 'The STC Limited' ran from Cardiff to Carnforth on 8th May 1976. The train is seen here passing ...
Bill Jamieson 08/05/19763 of 3 images.
This terminus station was soon replaced when the line was pushed through to Lancaster but it still stands alongside the new station, albeit at a higher level, and in recent years has been operated as a car showroom. ...
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Goldmire Junction to Dalton Junction
Opened 1858, the year after the Ulverston and Lancaster Railway and a few years after the Whitehaven and Furness Railway of 1850.
Dalton Junction signalbox, seen from the passing 2C47 Preston to Barrow-in-Furness service on 13th November 2017. 37402 is just passing the tracks ...
Mark Bartlett 13/11/2017 Line to left to Furness and the line to the right is the bypass for the Cumbrian Coast Railway. ...
Ewan Crawford // 2 of 2 images.
Barrow Branch Extension
Op 1862 Rabbit hill to Strand Op 1864 Strand to Hawcoat Quarry
1 of 1 images.
Stainton Quarries Extension
Op 1862 Rabbit hill to Strand Op 1864 Strand to Hawcoat Quarry
New Barrow Alignment
This new alignment was to the south and took the line closer to the docks. Op 1870 Roose to Strand - this new alignment leads to the closure of the original Rabbit Hill route. Op 1870 Loco junction to Dockyard junction to Channel Pier. Op 1872 Shipyard Jnct to Strand. Op 1873 Barrow goods. Op 1873 Salthouse Curve
The return trip from Carnforth to Carlisle via the Cumbrian Coast of the Class 37 Farewell special, on 11 January 2019, is seen passing Roose on the ...
John McIntyre 11/01/2019 Roose, on the outskirts of Barrow in Furness, has been reduced to basic facilities but still enjoys a reasonable service of trains between Barrow and ...
Mark Bartlett 17/01/2009 2 of 2 images.
View of the Barrow Docks branch at Salthouse Junction from the 2C47 Preston to Barrow service on 13th November 2017. The line still sees traffic on an ...
Mark Bartlett 13/11/2017
Grab shot from a Barrow to Lancaster train showing the Ramsden Dock branch, leading away from Salthouse Junction near Roose. Despite the appearance of ...
Mark Bartlett 28/04/20142 of 2 images.
42401 stands alongside 42432 in the shed yard at Barrow in the summer of 1960. ...
K A Gray 06/08/19601 of 1 images.
Yarlside Branch
Opened 1873
The return trip from Carnforth to Carlisle via the Cumbrian Coast of the Class 37 Farewell special, on 11 January 2019, is seen passing Roose on the ...
John McIntyre 11/01/2019 Roose, on the outskirts of Barrow in Furness, has been reduced to basic facilities but still enjoys a reasonable service of trains between Barrow and ...
Mark Bartlett 17/01/2009 2 of 2 images.
Stank Branch
Opened 1873.
View of the Barrow Docks branch at Salthouse Junction from the 2C47 Preston to Barrow service on 13th November 2017. The line still sees traffic on an ...
Mark Bartlett 13/11/2017 Grab shot from a Barrow to Lancaster train showing the Ramsden Dock branch, leading away from Salthouse Junction near Roose. Despite the appearance of ...
Mark Bartlett 28/04/2014 2 of 2 images.
Ramsden Dock
Opened 1881.
Barrow Loop and New Station
Op 1882 Salthouse Jnct to Barrow station to Ormsgill Jnct to Oaklea Jnct to Park South Jnct.
View of the Barrow Docks branch at Salthouse Junction from the 2C47 Preston to Barrow service on 13th November 2017. The line still sees traffic on an ...
Mark Bartlett 13/11/2017 Grab shot from a Barrow to Lancaster train showing the Ramsden Dock branch, leading away from Salthouse Junction near Roose. Despite the appearance of ...
Mark Bartlett 28/04/2014 2 of 2 images.
Barrow in Furness Signal Box, at the north end of the station, in June 2021. ...
Gordon Steel 30/06/2021
View looking north west to Barrow in Furness station on 12 July 2023 with Northern Trains Super Sprinter 156483 seen departing platform 2 working 2C48 ...
David Pesterfield 12/07/2023
Unlike many station buildings on the Cumbrian Coast, Barrow-in-Furness is of a relatively modern design. The original buildings were almost completely ...
John McIntyre 14/06/2014
37 402 prepares to leave Barrow with a Carlisle service on 21st October 2016. ...
David Spaven 21/10/2016
The sidings at Barrow were usually empty in the daytime for many years but Northern now make greater use of them. 156421 runs down towards the station ...
Mark Bartlett 21/04/2023
37401 draws the push-pull set into the carriage sidings at Barrow-in-Furness, on 26 January 2018, after having arrived from Preston. ...
John McIntyre 26/01/2018
Train to nowhere! Points set for Northern Rail CAF dmu 195112, for the 13.52 service to Manchester Airport on 30th June 2021, but this was cancelled ...
Gordon Steel 30/06/2021
Grab shot, from a service departing Barrow for Carlisle, showing 37402 and train making their way into the carriage sidings after arriving from ...
Mark Bartlett 13/03/20184 of 4 images.
Barrow South Side Lines
Op 1899 Loco Junction and Parrock Hall Junction to Barrow South Side.
