Lancaster and Carlisle Railway

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The Lancaster and Carlisle Railway was a key 19th-century English railway line that formed part of the main route between London and Scotland, linking the cities of Lancaster and Carlisle.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf railway company ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
builtBy Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company ⓘ
category pre-grouping British railway company ⓘ
railway line opened in 1846 ⓘ
connectsCity Carlisle ⓘ
Lancaster ⓘ
constructionStart 1843 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crosses River Kent ⓘ
River Lune ⓘ
currentOperator Network Rail ⓘ
currentUse freight services ⓘ
main line passenger services ⓘ
electrification part of West Coast Main Line electrification ⓘ
endPoint Carlisle ⓘ
engineer Joseph Locke ⓘ
William Budden ⓘ
formsPartOfRoute London–Scotland main line ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
highestElevation approximately 916 feet above sea level ⓘ
highestPoint Shap Summit ⓘ
historicalPeriod Victorian era ⓘ
historicalSignificance key link in the development of the West Coast Main Line ⓘ
knownFor steep gradients at Shap ⓘ
laterOwner London and North Western Railway ⓘ
London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
length approximately 70 miles ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
notableFeature Shap Summit ⓘ
opened 1846 ⓘ
openedAs part of Anglo-Scottish trunk route ⓘ
partOf West Coast Main Line ⓘ
passesThrough Kendal ⓘ
Oxenholme ⓘ
Penrith ⓘ
Shap ⓘ
purpose to provide a direct rail link between Lancashire and Scotland ⓘ
significantFor rail transport between England and Scotland ⓘ
startPoint Lancaster ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
successor London and North Western Railway ⓘ
London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
terrain hilly terrain of the Lake District fringe ⓘ
trackConfiguration double track ⓘ

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Furness Railway → connectedTo → Lancaster and Carlisle Railway ⓘ
Carlisle railway station → originallyOpenedBy → Lancaster and Carlisle Railway ⓘ
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway → builtBy → Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company ⓘ
linked to: Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Kendal railway station → originalCompany → Lancaster and Carlisle Railway ⓘ