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Furness line, the Glossary

The Furness line is a British railway between and, joining the West Coast Main Line at.^[1]

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Rail transport in Cumbria
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Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish (as just "Barrow") in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Furness line and Barrow-in-Furness are Furness.

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Barrow-in-Furness railway station

Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Barrow Pier, Barrow Strand and Barrow Central) is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line and Furness Line, south-west of Carlisle and north-west of Lancaster, in the town of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Furness line and Barrow-in-Furness railway station are transport in Barrow-in-Furness.

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Big Four (British railway companies)

The "Big Four" was a name used to describe the four largest railway companies in the United Kingdom in the period 1923–1947.

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British Rail

British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997.

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British Rail Class 156

The British Rail Class 156 Super Sprinter is a diesel multiple unit passenger train.

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British Rail Class 170

The British Rail Class 170 Turbostar is a British diesel multiple unit (DMU) passenger train designed and built by Adtranz, and later by Bombardier Transportation, at Derby Litchurch Lane Works.

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British Rail Class 185

The British Rail Class 185 ''Desiro'' is a class of diesel-hydraulic multiple-unit (DHMU) passenger trains built by Siemens Transportation Systems in Germany for the train operating company First TransPennine Express.

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British Rail Class 195

The British Rail Class 195 is a class of diesel multiple-unit passenger train from the Civity family manufactured by CAF, owned by Eversholt Rail Group and currently operated by Northern Trains.

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British Rail Class 37

The British Rail Class 37 is a diesel-electric locomotive.

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British Rail Class 68

The Class 68 is a type of mainline mixed traffic diesel-electric locomotive manufactured by Stadler Rail Valencia (and previously by Vossloh España) for Direct Rail Services (DRS) in the United Kingdom.

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British Rail Mark 2

The Mark 2 family of railway carriages are British Rail's second design of carriages.

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Carnforth railway station

Carnforth is a railway station on the Bentham and Furness Lines, north of Lancaster, England, which serves the market town of Carnforth, Lancashire.

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Chiltern Railways

Chiltern Railways (legal name The Chiltern Railway Company Limited) is a British train operating company that has operated the Chiltern Railways franchise since July 1996.

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Clock-face scheduling

A clock-face schedule, also cyclic schedule, is a timetable system under which public transport services run at consistent intervals, as opposed to a timetable that is purely driven by demand and has irregular headways.

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Community rail in Britain is the support of railway lines and stations by local organisations, usually through community rail partnerships (CRPs) comprising railway operators, local councils, and other community organisations, and rail user groups (RUGs).

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Commuter rail

Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns.

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Coniston Water

Coniston Water is a lake in the Lake District in North West England.

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Cumbria

Cumbria is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Cumbrian Coast line

The Cumbrian Coast line is a rail route in North West England, running from Carlisle to Barrow-in-Furness via Workington and Whitehaven. Furness line and Cumbrian Coast line are rail transport in Cumbria, railway lines in North West England and transport in Barrow-in-Furness.

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Department for Transport

The Department for Transport (DfT) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Euston railway station

Euston railway station (or London Euston) is a major central London railway terminus managed by Network Rail in the London Borough of Camden.

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First North Western

First North Western was a train operating company in England owned by FirstGroup that operated the North West Regional Railways franchise from March 1997 until December 2004.

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First TransPennine Express

First TransPennine Express was a British train operating company jointly owned by FirstGroup and Keolis which operated the TransPennine Express franchise.

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Furness

Furness is a peninsula and region of Cumbria, England.

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Furness Railway

The Furness Railway (Furness) was a railway company operating in the Furness area of Lancashire in North West England. Furness line and Furness Railway are Furness and railway lines opened in 1846.

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Grange-over-Sands

Grange-over-Sands is a town and civil parish on the north side of Morecambe Bay in Cumbria, England, a few miles south of the Lake District National Park.

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Kirkby-in-Furness

Kirkby-in-Furness, generally referred to simply as Kirkby locally, is a village that is the major part of the parish of Kirkby Ireleth in the Furness district of Cumbria, England. Furness line and Kirkby-in-Furness are Furness.

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Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway

The Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway (L&HR) is a heritage railway in Cumbria, England. Furness line and Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway are Furness.

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Lancashire

Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Lancaster railway station

Lancaster railway station (formerly known as Lancaster Castle railway station) is a railway station that serves the city of Lancaster in Lancashire, England.

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Lindal-in-Furness

Lindal-in-Furness is a village on the Furness peninsula, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Furness line and Lindal-in-Furness are Furness.

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London and North Western Railway

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922.

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London, Midland and Scottish Railway

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally used in historical circles. The LMS occasionally also used the initials LM&SR.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.

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Manchester Airport station

Manchester Airport station is a railway, tram, bus and coach station at Manchester Airport, England which opened at the same time as the second air terminal in 1993.

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Manchester Piccadilly station

Manchester Piccadilly is the main railway station of the city of Manchester, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, England.

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Morecambe Bay

Morecambe Bay is an estuary in north-west England, just to the south of the Lake District National Park. Furness line and Morecambe Bay are Furness.

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National Rail

National Rail (NR) is the trading name licensed for use by the Rail Delivery Group, an unincorporated association whose membership consists of the passenger train operating companies (TOCs) of England, Scotland, and Wales.

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Network Rail

Network Rail Limited is the owner (via its subsidiary Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, which was known as Railtrack plc before 2002) and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain.

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North West England

North West England is one of nine official regions of England and consists of the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.

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Northern Rail

Northern Rail, branded as Northern, was an English train operating company owned by Serco-Abellio that operated the Northern Rail franchise from 2004 until 2016.

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Northern Trains

Northern Trains, trading as Northern, is a British train operating company owned by DfT OLR Holdings for the Department for Transport (DfT), after the previous operator Arriva Rail North had its franchise terminated at the end of February 2020.

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Overhead line

An overhead line or overhead wire is an electrical cable that is used to transmit electrical energy to electric locomotives, electric multiple units, trolleybuses or trams.

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Passenger rail terminology

Various terms are used for passenger railway lines and equipment; the usage of these terms differs substantially between areas.

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Preston railway station

Preston railway station, in Preston, Lancashire, England, is an interchange railway station on the West Coast Main Line, half-way between London Euston and Glasgow Central (from London Euston, from Glasgow Central).

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Privatisation of British Rail

The privatisation of British Rail was the process by which ownership and operation of the railways of Great Britain passed from government control into private hands.

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Rail transport

Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails.

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Sprinter (British Rail)

The Sprinter is a family of diesel multiple unit trains in use on the British railway system.

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TransPennine Express

TransPennine Trains Limited, trading as TransPennine Express (TPE), is a British train operating company that has operated passenger services in the TransPennine Express franchise area since May 2023.

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Ulverston

Ulverston is a market town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. Furness line and Ulverston are Furness.

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Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway

The Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway Company was short-lived as a business but the line that it built is still in daily use.

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West Coast Main Line

The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow with branches to Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh. Furness line and West Coast Main Line are rail transport in Cumbria, rail transport in Lancashire and railway lines in North West England.

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Windermere

Windermere (sometimes tautologically called Lake Windermere to distinguish it from the nearby town of Windermere) is a ribbon lake in Cumbria, England, and part of the Lake District.

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25 kV AC railway electrification

Railway electrification systems using alternating current (AC) at are used worldwide, especially for high-speed rail.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furness_line

, Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway, West Coast Main Line, Windermere, 25 kV AC railway electrification.

Furness line, the Glossary

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See also

Rail transport in Cumbria

Rail transport in Lancashire

Railway lines in North West England

Railway lines opened in 1846

Transport in Barrow-in-Furness

References