Whitehaven Junction Railway
A small independent line, promoted by the Lonsdale interest,
connected the existing Maryport & Carlisle Railway  with the
town of Whitehaven, a thriving port on the west coast of Cumberland.
It obtained an Act of Parliament on 4th July 1844 and was
opened throughout in March 1847.
It had a range of rolling stock
that was eventually managed as joint stock between itself and the
Whitehaven & Furness Junction Railway . It was amalgamated,
together with the Cockermouth & Workington Railway , with the
LNWR in 1866, from which date the railways became a microcosm of
LNWR practice, though it was entirely isolated from the parent
company. The Whitehaven & Furness Junction Railway was purchased
by the Furness Railway at the same time, and the resultant joint
stock was divided between the two companies.
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