Shap Summit
| Shap Summit | |||
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 The rail line at Shap Summit (2006) |
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| Compass direction | south | north | |
| Pass height | 316 m | ||
| region | Cumbria , England , UK | ||
| Valley locations | Tebay | Shap | |
| expansion | Pass road | ||
| Map (Cumbria) | |||
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 30 '10 " N , 2 ° 38' 44" W | ||
The Shap Summit is a mountain pass in Cumbria , England . The pass is bounded to the east by Crosby Ravensworth Fell and to the west by Seat Robert and Langhowe Pike.
Both the M6 motorway and the West Coast Main Line ( 54 ° 30 ′ N , 2 ° 40 ′ W ) of the railroad cross the pass. The ascent to the north, at 1:75, was often too steep for steam locomotives and therefore additional locomotives were stationed in Tebay to enable the trains to cross the pass.
The motorway crosses the pass west ( 54 ° 30 ′ N , 2 ° 39 ′ W ) of the railway line and reaches a pass height of 316 meters.
literature
- Penrith and Keswick, Ambleside (= Landranger Map . Band 90 ). Ordnance Survey , Southampton 2011, ISBN 978-0-319-23206-4 .