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Barrow

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Barrow

Opened on the Chester Branch (Cheshire Lines Committee).

Chronology Dates

/ /1867	Donegall Quay [Belfast] Served by Midland Railway steamers from Barrow.

News items

04/10/2023	'Energy coast' line to see 'upgrade' as PM scraps northern HS2 leg [News and Star]
05/12/2022	Iarnrod Eireann announces significant change to Ireland's longest railway bridge [Donegal Live]
08/08/2022	Oldest surviving Midland Railway locomotive begins three-year loan at Barrow Hill [Railways Illustrated]
06/07/2022	Plan to reopen East Mids freight line to passengers [Business Live]
11/05/2022	South Cumbrian train ticket offices at risk of closure say RMT [The Mail in South Cumbria]
02/08/2016	Barrow upon Soar bridge collapse causes rail chaos [BBC News]
07/02/2015	Britain in a day: the longest train route in the country [Telegraph]
14/01/2014	Storm-hit Carlisle to Barrow coastal rail line reopens [BBC News]
15/10/2013	British ERTMS programme moves to the next level [IRJ]
16/09/2013	Sellafield train derails in South Cumbria - but no risk to public, say Network Rail [Westmorland Gazette]