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Carnforth Station, Lancashire
Carnforth Station
Carnforth-Yealand Station
site name:-   Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
site name:-   Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway
locality:-   Carnforth
county:-   Lancashire
locality type:-   railway station
coordinates:-   SD49667065
1Km square:-   SD4970
10Km square:-   SD47
SummaryText:-   Opened as Carnforth-Yealand Station, with the railway 1846; renamed Carnforth Station 1864; still open, but not for the main line.


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BLP08.jpg (taken 28.1.2006)  
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BLP06.jpg (taken 28.1.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 24 4) 
placename:-  Carnforth Station
item:-  railway signalgoods shed
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
OS County Series (Lan 24 8) 
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CSRY0166.jpg
"Carnforth Station / Signal Box / S.P. / Signal Posts / Goods Shed"

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Carnforth Junction
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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GAR2SD47.jpg
"CARNFORTH JUNCTION"
dot by railway 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- LMS 1920s maps
source data:-   Railway map, lithograph, 23 pages of strip maps, The Journey in Brief, the Route London to Carlisle, published by the London Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS, 1920s.
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"TO EDINBURGH 163¾ / CARNFORTH / FROM LONDON 236¼"
"Carnforth Junction for Barrow and Cumbrian Coast line, formerly Furness Railway. / Carnforth has carriage and wagon repair shops. It is largely a railway town."
item:-  JandMN : 95.2
Image © see bottom of page

hearsay:-  
Brief Encounter was filmed in the refreshment room at Carnforth Station, directed by David Lean, 1949. The film is based on a play by Noel Coward.


photograph
BLP07.jpg  Station clock, made by Joyce.
(taken 28.1.2006)  

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