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Shap

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Shap

Opened on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway.

Nearby stations Clifton and Lowther Gaisgill Cliburn Tebay Tebay Clifton Moor Temple Sowerby Kirkby Thore Ormside Appleby Appleby East Long Marton New Biggin Culgaith Ravenstonedale	Hardendale Quarry Shap Granite Works Shap Summit Shapbeck Quarry Shap Pink Granite Quarry Scout Green Weatherriggs Junction Eden Valley Junction Dillicar Watertroughs Hugh^s Crag Viaduct Appleby North Junction Ormside Viaduct Helm Tunnel Long Marton Viaduct Kirkby Thorpe Gypsum Works
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

01/03/2008	Lancaster and Carlisle Railway In high wind five empty containers are blown from a Freightliner Tilbury - Coatbridge Freightliner Terminal train at Hardendale (south of Shap).

News items

11/07/2022	New service to support UKs automotive industry by moving 315kt of aggregate by rail [GB Railfreight]
31/05/2021	Network Rail clear adders from railway embankment at Shap Cutting [News and Star]

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