Lancaster Green Ayre railway station
| Lancaster Green Ayre | |
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Old goods crane on the station site (2005)
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| Location | |
| Place | Lancaster |
| Area | Lancaster, Lancashire |
| Coordinates | 54°03′09″N 2°47′50″W / 54.0526°N 2.7973°WCoordinates: 54°03′09″N 2°47′50″W / 54.0526°N 2.7973°W |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Morecambe Harbour and Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| History | |
| 12 June 1848 | Opened as Lancaster |
| 1 June 1850 | Incorrectly listed as Lancaster Green Area |
| 1 November 1870 | Listed as Lancaster Green Ayre |
| 3 January 1966 | Closed |
| 1976 | Demolished |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Lancaster Green Ayre railway station was the Midland Railway's station in the city of Lancaster in England. The line between Green Ayre and Morecambe was used for pioneering experimental electrification via overhead wires.
The station closed to passengers in 1966 and there are no remains.
Lancaster's first two stations were the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway's at Greaves in 1840, and the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway's Lancaster Castle which superseded it in 1846.
The third station was opened by the Morecambe Harbour and Railway Company (MH&R) on 12 June 1848. The station building was designed by Edmund Sharpe. Originally called Lancaster, it was soon renamed Lancaster Green Ayre, although timetables incorrectly listed its name as Lancaster Green Area until 1870. The line originally ran from Lancaster to Morecambe Harbour. The MH&R soon amalgamated with the "little" North Western Railway, which continued the line eastward from 17 November 1849, reaching Skipton in 1850. A connecting curve between Green Ayre and Castle opened on 18 December 1849.
The station was on the southern bank of the River Lune, adjacent to Skerton Bridge and immediately to the north of the city centre. Immediately west of the station was the junction between the connecting curve to Castle and Green Ayre's engine shed and the main line, which then crossed the river via Greyhound Bridge and continued along the north bank of the river, passing under the Lancaster and Carlisle's Carlisle Bridge over the river. East of Green Ayre the line followed the south bank of the river.
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