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Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


Lancaster to Morecambe




Lancaster Green Ayre

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North Western Railway
The site of Lancaster Green Ayre station and shed in 2012. The station was top far left, alongside the river, in what is now public open space. From ...
Mike Burke 28/08/2012
View west along the River Lune at Lancaster - September 2014 see image 44262. ...
Ken Strachan 06/09/2014
The approach to Green Ayre station site on the trackbed from Halton is quiet and feels very rural but is close to Lancaster centre and the busy one ...
Mark Bartlett 07/08/2008
A short single track line from Lancaster Castle dropped down to Lancaster Green Ayre, alongside the River Lune. Originally electrified it closed to ...
Mark Bartlett 13/12/2010
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Scale Hall

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As far as I can ascertain this catenary mast base at Scale Hall is the only one surviving from the eight miles of Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham ...
Mark Bartlett 12/12/2010
Site of a short lived station. Scale Hall opened in 1957 to serve a suburb of Lancaster but closed with the line in 1966. There were substantial ...
Mark Bartlett 12/12/2010
Scale Hall was a modern but short lived station on the electrified Lancaster Green Ayre to Morecambe direct route, opening as late as 1957 but closing ...
Mark Bartlett 08/09/2009
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Morecambe Gasworks

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Torrisholme East Junction

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Heysham Harbour Branch (Midland Railway)





Morecambe Junction

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Morecambe Branch (London and North Western Railway)
The points at Morecambe Junction are still manually operated by the traincrew from a ground frame, as seen here on 8th February 2019. 68016 'Fearless' ...
Mark Bartlett 08/02/2019
Another newly commissioned diesel, 68033, looks barely used as it leads a Sellafield to Heysham flask train into Morecambe on 28th September 2017. ...
Mark Bartlett 28/09/2017
The points have been changed and DRS 57003 is just about to set off along the Heysham Branch on 8 January as 156454 passes on a Morecambe to Lancaster ...
Mark Bartlett 08/01/2014
Having met the Christmas Eve Isle of Man ferry, Northern Pacer 142023 comes off the Heysham Port branch into Morecambe station where it will reverse ...
Mark Bartlett 24/12/2009
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Morecambe

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The daily Heysham Port to Leeds service has just arrived at Morecambe on 11 February 2010. The service reverses here before the short run to Lancaster ...
John McIntyre 11/02/2010
A Lancaster to Morecambe shuttle service with 156496 waits at Morecambe before setting off again back to Lancaster. The view is west and it is a grey ...
John McIntyre 21/12/2021
Heysham Harbour station closed in 1975 with the decline of Irish Sea passenger ferries. It reopened as Heysham Sea Terminal in 1987 but has been known ...
Mark Bartlett 05/04/2023
142024, Morecambe to Leeds service, awaits departure on 29th August 2019. ...
John Steven 29/08/2019
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Morecambe [2nd]

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Morecambe Harbour

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The old Harbour station in Morecambe on a sunny 7th January 2018. Rock armour sea defences now surround the jetty on which it stands but steamers ...
Mark Bartlett 07/01/2018
Not the Mediterranean but glorious Morecambe Bay. Morecambe Harbour station, on the Stone Jetty, lives on long after closure. It is now a popular cafe ...
Mark Bartlett 05/10/2009
The old Morecambe Harbour station still stands on the Stone Jetty. In summer months it is a popular café but was closed on this sunny January ...
Mark Bartlett 07/01/2018
For over 50 years passengers could transfer direct from trains onto coastal steamers at the Harbour station but it closed in 1904. Goods traffic ...
Mark Bartlett 17/05/2008
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