Farigiraf
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On a cold, February afternoon I was exploring Google Maps and had an idea:
The Morecambe line travels through mostly urban area, yet only has three stations, of which one has only two trains a day and is relatively pointless for locals.
While central and eastern Morecambe are served quite well by Morecambe and Bare Lane, southern parts seem quite cut-off. (Is the bus service around there any good?)
On Wikipedia I read about a former 2nd line into Morecambe via what seems like mostly industrial estate, so wouldn't be very feasible to reopen - however, what surprised me was that there never was a station for Heysham town, besides Middleton Road Bridge Halt which served the southern end of Heysham (and was about a mile away from the village of Middleton), although it would be too close to Heysham Port station to be worth considering.
Three locations I have found for potential are Meldon Road (Closest you could probably get to central Heysham without disrupting the residential area), Oxcliffe Road, which would serve northern Heysham, for which there is already a path down to the railway (see attached image) and Westgate, which would would serve Morecambe Stadium, some Caravan/Camping sites, and the West End district.
This would of course mean that the current Morecambe services could extend to either station(s), with the Port services continuing as 2tpd to connect with the ferry.
What do you think?
The pathway down to the railway by Oxcliffe Road
The Morecambe line travels through mostly urban area, yet only has three stations, of which one has only two trains a day and is relatively pointless for locals.
While central and eastern Morecambe are served quite well by Morecambe and Bare Lane, southern parts seem quite cut-off. (Is the bus service around there any good?)
On Wikipedia I read about a former 2nd line into Morecambe via what seems like mostly industrial estate, so wouldn't be very feasible to reopen - however, what surprised me was that there never was a station for Heysham town, besides Middleton Road Bridge Halt which served the southern end of Heysham (and was about a mile away from the village of Middleton), although it would be too close to Heysham Port station to be worth considering.
Three locations I have found for potential are Meldon Road (Closest you could probably get to central Heysham without disrupting the residential area), Oxcliffe Road, which would serve northern Heysham, for which there is already a path down to the railway (see attached image) and Westgate, which would would serve Morecambe Stadium, some Caravan/Camping sites, and the West End district.
This would of course mean that the current Morecambe services could extend to either station(s), with the Port services continuing as 2tpd to connect with the ferry.
What do you think?
The pathway down to the railway by Oxcliffe Road
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