Grange-over-sands Railway Station Cumbria
N 54° 11.763 W 002° 54.158
30U E 506352 N 6005339
Grange-over-sands Railway Station was built over a number of years between 1864 to 1872, a few years after the line opened. It is thought to be a replica of the top storey of George Hotel. A fine example of Victorian building.
Waymark Code: WMN8H
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/24/2006
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The Ulverston-Lancaster Railway was opened through the first station on this site on 27 August 1857. The first passenger train ran on 1 September 1857. The Furness Railway, having absorbed the U&LR in 1862, commissioned the architect Edward Graham Paley of Lancaster to design the present station, which was built in 1864 to 1872. It is a Grade 2 listed building and stands in a conservation area, which means exterior can not change. Restoration work was done in 1997-8.
In 1998, station received a Heritage Trust Award. The light brackets are wrought iron work, looking like gas lamps. The guttering and downspouts are iron also, with the downspouts of a twisted tube design.
James Brunlees designed and constructed two viaducts to cross the Kent and Leven estuaries, a breathtaking feat of Victorian engineering. Contractor John Brogden who lived nearby at Holme island completed the Ulverston-Lancaster railway in 1852.
Currently only passenger commuter traffic operated by First TransPennine Express use the station. The only freight to use this line are the one a day nuclear waste flasks from Sellafield reprocessing plant.
Ticket office and newsagent, car park, bus stop and OverSands Book shop. clean and tidy.
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