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The Windermere Branch Line, also called the Lakes Line is the railway line from Oxenholme to Kendal and Windermere in North West England. The line has a loading gauge of W6. ==History== (詳細はKendal and Windermere Railway and at its southern end connected into the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. In 1859 it became part of the London and North Western Railway, then the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at the 1923 Grouping. Upon nationalisation in 1948, it was managed by the London Midland Region of British Railways. Since 1994 and the privatisation of the UK rail network, it was operated by First North Western before the current franchise, TransPennine Express, took over in 2005. Originally built as a double track main line, with through links to destinations as varied as , , and London Euston, it was reduced to a single line branch in May 1973 when the West Coast Main Line (which it joins at Oxenholme) was re-signalled & electrified.〔(Lakes Line Rail User Group - Line History ) Retrieved 12 March 2014〕 Freight traffic to the last active depot at had previously ceased in 1972. There are no passing loops or sidings anywhere on the route (all the stations bar Oxenholme have just one operational platform) and it is operated under "One Train Working with Train Staff" regulations with only one train allowed on the line at any time. Entry to and exit from the branch is controlled by the signalling centre at and before a service can proceed beyond the branch platform at Oxenholme, the driver must collect the train staff from a cabinet on the platform, which is electrically released by the Carlisle signaller. Once the train has made its journey to the terminus and back again, the staff must be returned to the cabinet before the train can either leave for the south or make another return trip along the single line. All services have to be operated by Diesel Multiple Units due to the lack of a run round loop at the terminus. In BR days, the service was operated as a self-contained shuttle and passengers were forced to change at Oxenholme but, since privatisation, some through trains to , and have been operated. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Windermere Branch Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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