Furness Railway

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historic railway railway company

Furness Railway was a historic British railway company in northwest England that primarily served the industrial and coastal areas of the Lake District before being absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Furness Line	6

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic railway ⓘ railway company ⓘ
absorbedBy	London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
absorbedInto	London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
connectedTo	Lancaster and Carlisle Railway ⓘ London and North Western Railway ⓘ Midland Railway ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
hadTerminus	Barrow-in-Furness railway station ⓘ surface form: Barrow-in-Furness station Coniston ⓘ surface form: Coniston station Lakeside station on Windermere ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Barrow-in-Furness ⓘ
linkedTo	Lake District tourism ⓘ
locatedIn	northwest England ⓘ
notableFor	coastal railway route around Morecambe Bay ⓘ development of Barrow-in-Furness as an industrial town ⓘ supporting iron ore mining in Furness ⓘ
operatedInPeriod	19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
operatedRailwayLine	Coniston branch line ⓘ Furness Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Furness Line Lakeside branch line ⓘ Walney Island branch ⓘ
operatedService	freight trains ⓘ passenger trains ⓘ tourist services to the Lake District ⓘ
predecessorOf	London, Midland and Scottish Railway operations in Furness ⓘ
primaryFunction	passenger transport ⓘ transport of iron ore ⓘ
railwayCompanyType	pre-grouping British railway company ⓘ
region	Cumbria ⓘ Lancashire ⓘ surface form: Lancashire (historic county)
servedIndustry	iron and steel industry ⓘ
servedPort	Barrow docks ⓘ
servedRegion	Barrow-in-Furness area ⓘ Furness Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Furness Lake District ⓘ coastal areas of the Lake District ⓘ industrial areas of the Lake District ⓘ
servedTown	Barrow-in-Furness ⓘ Kendal (via connections) ⓘ Ulverston ⓘ Whitehaven (via connections) ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
successor	London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
usedTraction	steam locomotives ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

London, Midland and Scottish Railway → formedByMergerOf → Furness Railway ⓘ

LMS → formedFrom → Furness Railway ⓘ

Furness Peninsula → hasRailConnection → Furness Railway ⓘ