Heritage route
Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway
Haverthwaite → Lakeside · England
The Furness Railway’s 1869 branch to Windermere, reopened in 1973: three and a half miles of steam from Haverthwaite to Lakeside, where trains still connect with the lake steamers.
- Distance
- 6 km
- Fastest time
- 18 min
- Average speed
- 20 km/h
- Top speed
- 40 km/h
The Furness Railway opened its branch to Lakeside on 1 June 1869 and advertised train-to-boat connections from the start, with summer excursions from Lancashire running through to meet the lake sailings. British Railways closed it to passengers in 1965, road building on the A590 cut off the southern end, and the surviving stretch from Haverthwaite reopened on 2 May 1973. Two ex-LMS 2-6-4 tank engines bought by its directors became the core of its steam fleet.
Stations
- 1 kmHaverthwaite
- 4 kmNewby Bridge Halt
- 6 kmLakeside
The stations OpenStreetMap maps along this line, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station.
Along the way
- Haverthwaite station
- The Leven valley
- Newby Bridge
- Lakeside, for the Windermere steamers
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 10 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway?
The Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway runs 6 km from Haverthwaite to Lakeside.
How long does the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 18 min for the 6 km. That is an average of 20 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 40 km/h.
Who runs the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway?
Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway, with heritage steam & diesel.
How old is the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway?
The line has been in service since 1973. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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