Newby Bridge railway station
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Newby Bridge Halt is a railway station
on the Lakeside and Haverthwaite
heritage railway
. It serves the village of Newby Bridge
, Cumbria
.
It was originally opened by the Furness Railway in ???. Services were withdrawn in 1939 but trains continued to pass through the station until the line was closed by British Railways in 1965.
The station is an un-staffed halt, with a small waiting shelter and seating outdoors. A commemorative tree was planted here by Bishop Eric Treacy
, during the re-opening ceremony of the line in 1973.
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
on the Lakeside and Haverthwaite
Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway
The Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway is a heritage railway in Cumbria, England.-Location:The L&HR runs from Haverthwaite at the southern end of the line via Newby Bridge to Lakeside at the southern end of Windermere...
heritage railway
Heritage railway
thumb|right|the Historical [[Khyber train safari|Khyber Railway]] goes through the [[Khyber Pass]], [[Pakistan]]A heritage railway , preserved railway , tourist railway , or tourist railroad is a railway that is run as a tourist attraction, in some cases by volunteers, and...
. It serves the village of Newby Bridge
Newby Bridge
Newby Bridge is a small hamlet in the Lake District, Cumbria, although historically it was in Lancashire.Newby Bridge is located several miles west of Grange-over-Sands and is on the River Leven, close to the southern end of Windermere...
, Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
.
It was originally opened by the Furness Railway in ???. Services were withdrawn in 1939 but trains continued to pass through the station until the line was closed by British Railways in 1965.
The station is an un-staffed halt, with a small waiting shelter and seating outdoors. A commemorative tree was planted here by Bishop Eric Treacy
Eric Treacy
The Rt Revd Eric Treacy MBE was an English railway photographer and Anglican Bishop.Born in London, Treacy was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School and at King's College London, though he left without taking a degree...
, during the re-opening ceremony of the line in 1973.