Furness line

Furness line
A Northern Rail Class 156 Super Sprinter Rounds a Curve near Grange-over-Sands
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Cumbria Lancashire Furness Barrow-in-Furness North West England
Termini	Carnforth Barrow in Furness
Stations	10
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Commuter rail
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	Northern
Rolling stock	Class 68 'UKLight' Class 156 'Super Sprinter' Class 195 'Civity'
History
Opened	1846–1857 (in stages)
Technical
Line length	28 mi 45 ch (45.97 km)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC OHLE (Carnforth)
Operating speed	60 mph (97 km/h) maximum
Route map (Click to expand)

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Legend
Cumbrian Coast line Barrow-in-Furness Furness Railway to Barrow Docks Power Station Roose Furness Abbey Dalton Lindal Ulverston to Conishead Priory to Lakeside River Leven Cark and Cartmel Wraysholme Halt Kents Bank Grange-over-Sands River Kent Arnside Hincaster branch line Silverdale West Coast Main Line Leeds–Morecambe line Carnforth Bolton-le-Sands Hest Bank Morecambe branch line Lancaster West Coast Main Line

The Furness line is a British railway between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster, joining the West Coast Main Line at Carnforth. A predominantly passenger line, it serves various towns along the Furness coast, including Barrow-in-Furness, Ulverston and Grange-over-Sands. It runs through Cumbria and Lancashire.

Regional services on the line start from Manchester Airport and Preston, while local services start from Preston and Lancaster. The majority of services along the line terminate at Barrow-in-Furness, however some services continue along the Cumbrian Coast Line to Millom, Sellafield and Carlisle. The line was constructed by the Ulverston and Lancaster Railway and the Furness Railway between 1846 and 1857, and today has services operated by Northern.

Along with the Cumbrian Coast Line, the route is considered one of the most scenic in England. The line was designated a community rail partnership by the Department for Transport in 2012.^[1] The line is electrified between Lancaster and Carnforth where the route leaves the West Coast Main Line, which previously allowing for sleeper services between Barrow and London Euston.