The small village of Greenodd, just off the A590 on the way in or out of Furness, today is a quite place with a few local amenities among the houses. Back in the 1800s though the sound of steam trains would have been heard regularly puffing by the village.
It might be hard to tell now but Greenodd once had a busy railway line running alongside it, as well as it's own station.
The line was opened in 1869 as part of the new Furness Railway, which was connecting much of Furness with Lakeside for the easy transport of goods.
The train line would have had many trains with industrial cargo hammering though but there was also a passenger train, which people could board from the station. This station once stood near the end of current Main Street with the railway running where part of the A590 now sits.
There isn't much evidence of the long lost train line but it’s nice to know that one once ran here.
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| Greenodd Station, image courtesy of NW Evening Mail. |
The Snapshot Series is a series of short posts on singular locations, features or artefacts found in the Furness area. Not large enough to warrant a long blog post we will explore these sites in snapshots!
The Main Street in Greenodd was once the main A590 and carried on to Ulverston past the station, on the left. The bypass, or current A590, cut off the old road and the westbound carriageway went over the old station. The eastbound carriageway is the line of the old main road. The viaduct was demolished and the footbridge built.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info Howard, much appreciated.
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