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The M6 southbound was closed near Lancaster after a lorry crashed through the central reservation.
The southbound carriageway was closed between junctions 36 (Cro…
The incident was first reported at 7.10pm this evening (Wednesday, April 24).
One lane is closed between junction 36, at Kendal, and junction 35, Carnforth and Cumbria, with one lane at northbound also closed.
A spokesperson for National Highways North…
A stretch of the M6 was closed on Wednesday night (April 24) after a crash involving a lorry. The HGV was reported to have crashed through the central reservation.
National Highways said it happened southbound near Kirkby Lonsdale, between Junctions 34…
On 15 February 2004, four men were killed as they worked on the West Coast Main Line when a faulty 16-tonne wagon broke free and sped down Shap Summit.Gary Tindall, 46, from Tebay, Chris Waters, 53, of Morecambe, Lancashire, Colin Buckley, 49, of Carnf…
Muriel Warburton on the walk to Arnside station
A petition has been launched in a bid to make a South Cumbrian railway station accessible for all.
Arnside station, which is operated by Northern, causes issues because currently older people, people wi…
Due to heavy rain flooding the railway at Carnforth all lines are currently closed, said National Rail.
Night trail of a train entering Carnforth Station with the clock made famous in the 1940s film Brief Encounter in shot on the right. Thanks to Rus…
Lymm service station on the M6 is the UK’s cleanest, according to new research. The J20 services, close to the M56, have also been rated among the cheapest.
The results stem from new research[1] by Hippo Leasing who analysed 12,738 reviews from 110 of …
Take a right turn off the truck-rumbling A65 trunk road between Yorkshire and the Lake District and you are soon at a very special place.
Hellifield station is a grand Victorian building, its ornate ironwork and glass roof standing over well-trodden p…
This exclusive behind-the-scenes report by James Shuttleworth was first published in The Railway Magazine in January 2002.
There are events which have a profound effect on one’s life or business — from West Coast Railway’s point of view, the Harry Pot…
Lancaster[1] Civic Vision are pushing for the council to bid for some of the Government’s £8.8bn transport fund to help them to re-electrify the Lancaster to Morecambe[2] railway line and upgrade Junction 34 of the M6.
David Morgan, deputy chair and c…
Mercedes has recently updated its most popular engine for top weight tractor units with the OM471 now on its third variation. We took a 2545 over a gruelling 300 mile test drive to see how it performed.
By Pip Dunn
The Mercedes 2545, and its lightweigh…
Lancaster Road (Image: Googlemaps)
A 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a teenager was stabbed.
Police were called to Lancaster Road, Carnforth, at 6.32pm on Saturday (June 3) following reports of disorder.
Eme…
It is one of the most moving moments in film. Rachmaninoff’s Concerto for Piano 2 played as the couple in the 1945 movie, Brief Encounter, realise their love is doomed while gazing into each others eyes at a railway station. The station was Carnforth a…