No fewer than sixteen pre-grouping companies were represented
within Cumbria's borders, seven of these in Carlisle alone. To the
east of the mountains are the great Anglo-Scottish lines of the
London and North Western and the Midland. Venturing across the
Pennines were the transversal routes of the North Eastern Railway,
from Newcastle to Carlisle, and Darlington to Tebay and Penrith.
The Cumbrian coast presents a completely different picture. Here
the multiple competing companies were concerned principally with
the transport of coal and mineral ores to serve the huge industrial
complexes to the west and south. The two principal coastal lines
were the Maryport and Carlisle in the north and the Furness in the
west and south. In the Whitehaven/Workington hinterland there was a
number of other railways, all concerned with mineral extraction and
transport. Lines penetrating the interior of the Lake District were
the Coniston, Lakeside and Windermere branches and the Cockermouth,
Keswick & Penrith Railway that crossed the Lake District from
west to east. In the north were the Caledonian with its main line
to Carlisle and the short-lived Solway Junction Railway, and the
North British with the Waverley, Port Carlisle, and Silloth lines.
The Glasgow and South Western also ran trains into Glasgow. The
history, development, and in some cases closure of each of these
lines is described in turn, illustrated with a selection of
photographs from different periods in their history.
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