Windermere branch line

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The Windermere branch line is a short railway route in Cumbria, England, connecting the town of Windermere and the Lake District to the wider national rail network.

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Label Occurrences
Windermere branch line canonical 5
Kendal and Windermere Railway 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch line
railway line
connectedTo national rail network of Great Britain
connectsAtJunction Oxenholme junction on West Coast Main Line
connectsTo West Coast Main Line
connectsTownToNetwork Kendal
Windermere
country United Kingdom
currentOperator Northern Trains
electrification not electrified
gauge standard gauge
hasStation Burneside railway station
Kendal railway station
Oxenholme Lake District railway station
Staveley railway station
Windermere railway station
hasTouristFunction access to Lake District
historicalCounty Westmorland
laterOperator British Rail
London and North Western Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
length approximately 10 miles
lineNumber Windermere Branch
lineType rural branch line
locatedIn Cumbria
England
locatedInNationalPark Lake District National Park
linked to: Lake District
opened 1847
openedForPassengerTraffic 1847
originalOperator Kendal and Windermere Railway
owner Network Rail
primaryUse local commuter traffic
tourist traffic
purpose passenger services
regionServed Lake District
rollingStockType diesel multiple unit
safetySystem British absolute block signalling (historical)
modern colour light signalling (parts)
serves Burneside
Kendal
Staveley
Windermere
servicePattern all-stations stopping service
status operational
terminus Oxenholme Lake District railway station
Windermere railway station
trackConfiguration single track

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Windermere railway station railwayLine Windermere branch line
Windermere railway station terminusOf Windermere branch line
Windermere railway station originallyOpenedBy Kendal and Windermere Railway
linked to: Windermere branch line
Windermere branch line originalOperator Kendal and Windermere Railway
linked to: Windermere branch line
Oxenholme Lake District railway station branchLine Windermere branch line
Staveley servedByRailLine Windermere branch line
Burneside railwayLine Windermere branch line