Furness and Midland Joint Railway

The railway lines at Carnforth around 1913

Furness and Midland Joint Railway
Legend    Skipton via North Western Railway Wennington    Lancaster Green Ayre via North Western Railway Melling Arkholme-with-Cawood Borwick    Carlisle via Lancaster and Carlisle Railway    Barrow-in-Furness via Furness Railway Carnforth    Lancaster Castle via Lancaster and Carlisle Railway

The Furness and Midland Joint Railway was a railway company that was owned equally by the Furness Railway and the Midland Railway .

In 1862 the decision was made to build a link between Carnforth and the Furness Railway and Wennington on the Midland Railway from Leeds to Morecambe . The necessary law came into force in June 1863. The 15 km long route was opened for freight traffic in April 1867 and for passenger traffic on June 6, 1867. Passenger traffic ended at Carnforth East Junction station until 1880 when Carnforth station, which still exists today, was connected . Notable structures along the route include the 1118 m long Melling Tunnel at Melling and two aqueducts at Arkholme , one of which crosses the River Lune .

The line's three stations in Melling , Arkholme and Borwick were closed in 1960. The line itself is still operated today as part of the Leeds – Morecambe railway line.

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• WP Conolly, Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazeteer, 5th Edition 1957 Reprint, Ian Allan, 1997. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3