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Books Cumbria : History : Railways : Exploring the Lake District with the Furness Railway Tours

Exploring the Lake District with the Furness Railway Tours

David Mather
£30.00

Based on the 1905 programme of tours, this fully illustrated book allows the reader to retrace all of them as closely as possible. Today some can still be followed by bus, lake and rail, including the steam-operated Lakeside & Haverthwaite heritage line, allowing the visitor to abandon the car and enjoy the superb scenery in comfort with someone else at the wheel! Sadly, with the closure of some railway branch lines and bus routes, other tours have to be undertaken by car.
At the end of the 19th century the Furness Railway's local and traditional freight traffic was in decline; if the railway was to have a future, it would depend on its passenger train services and steamer routes. But the company possessed one more vital asset in its struggle for survival on its doorstep was the unexploited splendour of the English Lake District.
At the turn of the century the Furness company's new pioneering and innovative Secretary and General Manager, Alfred Aslett, wasted no time in exploiting the hitherto untapped potential for tourism. Soon 20 rail, coach and steamer tours were in operation in an area crying out for an integrated travel network to allow the well-off Victorian visitor to experience the stunning landscape. To promote this venture, the railway commissioned a series of colourful postcards, many of which are reproduced in these pages.

Publisher : Silver Link Publishing Ltd
Published : October 2014
Pages : 160p
Format : Hardback; 169 x 238mm
Illustrations : Colour photographs throughout
ISBN : 9781857944419

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