Hest Bank Junction
Location type
JunctionNames and dates
Morecambe Junction [1st] (1864-1888)Morecambe North Junction (-1888--1973)
Hest Bank Junction (1973-)
Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Morecambe Branch (London and North Western Railway).Opened on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway.
Description
Date of change of name assumed.
This junction opened in 1864 when the new link opened west to Hest Bank Junction [1st].
The name changed around 1888 when the south curve from Bare Lane Junction to Morecambe South Junction opened.
Tags
JunctionExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
03/08/2020
| Nearby stations Hest Bank Bolton-le-Sands Bare Lane Poulton Lane Morecambe Euston Road Scale Hall Halton [NWR] Morecambe Lancaster Green Ayre Morecambe [2nd] Morecambe Harbour Lancaster Carnforth Carnforth [F and M R] Lancaster [1st] | Hest Bank Bridge 118 [LC] Bridge 117 [LC] Hatlex Bridge 119 [LC] Hest Bank Watertroughs Rakes Head Bridge 116 [LC] Hatlex Swing Bridge 120 [LC] Townfield Blind Lane Bridge 115 Bolton Town End Bridge 121 [LC] Happy Mount Park Miniature Railway Langan-dub Belmount Bridge 114 [LC] Morecambe South Junction Bare Lane Junction Williamsland Bridge 113 Bolton Church Bridge 122 [LC] Bolton Turnpike Bridge 123 [LC] |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The Lake Counties v. 14 (Regional Railway History) |  An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways |
