An MP is campaigning for two railway stations to reopen in Cumbria. Tim Farron, MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, has asked Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander to consider re-opening Shap and Tebay ...

FURNESS Pride will be returning to Barrow this year with a change of location to Barrow Park.

A series of steam locomotive tours and events are heading to Cumbria and the Lake District this summer. Both mainline rail tours and heritage railways are set to attract enthusiasts and tourists alike ...

The MP for Barrow and Furness recently visited Millom Heritage and Arts Centre to learn more about their 'ambitions and struggles'.

Figures published by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) show that Nethertown station had only 1,334 entries and exits between April 2024 and March 2025, making it the second least used open station in ...

Something strange happens when you catch the train from Preston to Barrow-in-Furness. Somewhere north of Carnforth you start ...

Railway lines have reopened following today’s tragedy but some disruption continues as services try to catch up in weekend already impacted by engineering works.

A "neglected" Victorian former railway station and railwaymen's club should be reclaimed before it is lost, a group has claimed. The Grade II-listed Strand Railway Station was Barrow-in-Furness's ...

The Victorian Society said the Strand station and club was a "focal point" for Barrow for more than a century A "neglected" Victorian former railway station and railwaymen's club should be reclaimed ...

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