Sandside railway station

{{Short description|Disused railway station in Cumbria, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Use British English|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox station | name = Sandside railway station | status = Disused | image = | borough = [[Cumbria, England]] | country = England | original = [[Furness Railway]] | pregroup = [[London and North Western Railway]] | postgroup = [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]] | years = 26 June 1876 (the line itself opened on the 3rd of the month) | events = Opened as ''Sandside'' | years2 = 4 May 1942 | events2 = Closed{{sfn|Robinson|2002|p=9}} }} {{Routemap |title = Hincaster branch |collapsible = 0 |map = \\CONTg@Gq\edABZq+l\BHFq\CONTfq\~~ ~~[[Arnside railway station|Arnside]]~~ ~~[[Furness line]] \exBHF\~~ ~~Sandside WASSERq\exhKRZWae\WASSERq~~ ~~ ~~[[Bela Viaduct]] \exBHF\~~ ~~[[Heversham railway station|Heversham]] \\CONTg@Gq\eABZql\BHFq\CONTfq\~~ ~~[[Oxenholme railway station|Oxenholme]]~~ ~~[[West Coast Main Line]] }} '''Sandside''' was a railway station situated on the [[Hincaster Branch]] of the [[Furness Railway]] serving the hamlet and quarries of [[Sandside, Beetham|Sandside]]. The following station was [[Heversham railway station|Heversham]], which was the last on the branch before the line joined what is now known as the [[West Coast Main Line]] at ''Hincaster Junction'', south of [[Oxenholme railway station|Oxenholme]].

A Furness Railway local passenger train service (known locally as the ''Kendal Tommy'' for much of its life<ref name="Marshall, p. 104">Marshall, p. 104</ref>) operated through Sandside from [[Grange-over-Sands railway station|Grange-over-Sands]] to [[Kendal railway station|Kendal]] between 1876 and its withdrawal in May 1942, when the station also closed to passengers. In July 1922, this FR service ran five times per day in each direction on weekdays. Through goods traffic ended in 1963<ref>{{cite web| url=http://cumbrianrailwaysassociation.org.uk/?The_Railways_of_Cumbria_-_A_History:Furness_Railway| title=The Railways of Cumbria - A History: The Furness Railway| author=Cumbrian Railways Association| accessdate=24 June 2009}}</ref> and the track was lifted north of here three years later, although the remaining stub down to Arnside was retained until final closure in 1972 to serve local quarries.<ref name="Marshall, p. 104"/>

==Notes== {{Reflist}}

==References== * {{cite book|author=Marshall, J| year=1981| title=Forgotten Railways North-West England| publisher=David & Charles (Publishers) Ltd, Newton Abbott| isbn=0-7153-8003-6}} * {{cite book |last=Robinson |first=Peter W. |title=Cumbria's Lost Railways |year=2002 |publisher=Stenlake Publishing |location=[[Catrine]] |isbn=978-1-84033-205-6 }}

==Services== {{Disused Rail Start}} {{rail line|previous=[[Arnside railway station|Arnside]] Line closed, station open |next=[[Heversham railway station|Heversham]] Line and station closed |route=[[Furness Railway]] [[Hincaster Branch]] |col={{Furness colour}} }} {{rail end}}

{{Closed stations Cumbria}} {{coord|54.2220|-2.7976|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=title}}

[[Category:Former railway stations in Cumbria]] [[Category:Former Furness Railway stations]] [[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1876]] [[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1942]] [[Category:Beetham]]