Hincaster branch line

Hincaster branch line
Bela Viaduct about 1930
Overview
LocaleCumbria, England
History
Opened1876 (1876)
Closed1966 (1966)
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Hincaster branch
Arnside
Sandside
Heversham
Oxenholme
Junction at Hincaster

The Hincaster branch was a single-track railway branch line of the Furness Railway which ran from Arnside on the Furness main line to a junction with the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (later the London and North Western Railway) at Hincaster.[1] Intermediate stations were provided at Sandside and Heversham, with the main engineering work being a substantial 26-arch viaduct over the River Bela near Sandside.[2]

  1. ^ Conolly, 1997, p.24
  2. ^ "Bela Viaduct" Old Cumbria Gazetteer; Retrieved 26 June 2017