An illustrated history of the branch line which once operated between Lancaster's Castle station and the village of Glasson, following the estuary of the River Lune for much of its route.
The line was opened in 1883 to connect the harbour at Glasson Dock with the railway network in Lancaster. It also included a halt at Ashton Hall, home of local business man Lord Ashton.
This book examines each key period in the history of the five-mile long branch lines in a number of chapters:
- Before the Railway
- The Origins of the Scheme
- Construction and Opening
- Consolidation
- Relative Prosperity
- A Fly in the Ointment
- The Great War and its Aftermath
- War Again and the Decline towards Closure
- Working the Branch
- Signalling and Train Control
- Locomotives and Rolling Stock
Well-illustrated throughout with archive colour and black & white photographs taken from throughout the history of the line, as well as a number of colour maps and track diagrams.
Lancaster's Line to the Sea: A History of the Glasson Branch of the LNWR provides a comprehensive history of this Lancashire branch line. 88 pages.