Morecambe Junction
Location type
JunctionNames and dates
Hest Bank Junction [1st] (1864-1973)Morecambe Junction (1973-)
Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Morecambe Bay Railway.Opened on the Morecambe Branch (London and North Western Railway).
Description
Date of change of name assumed.
This junction opened in 1864 when the line from Hest Bank joined the existing Morecambe Bay Harbour and Railway of 1848.
Tags
JunctionExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
11/01/2018
| Nearby stations Morecambe Euston Road Morecambe Poulton Lane Morecambe [2nd] Morecambe Harbour Bare Lane Scale Hall Hest Bank Middleton Road Bridge Halt Lancaster Lancaster Green Ayre Heysham Port Lancaster [1st] Heysham Harbour [1st] Bolton-le-Sands | Euston Road Station Junction Torrisholme West Junction Torrisholme East Junction Morecambe Gasworks Happy Mount Park Miniature Railway Bare Lane Junction Morecambe South Junction Williamsland Bridge 113 Langan-dub Belmount Bridge 114 [LC] Townfield Blind Lane Bridge 115 Lancaster New Quay Folly Bridge 112 [LC] Lune Mills Rakes Head Bridge 116 [LC] Tourist/other Midland Hotel [Morecambe] |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
