mineral traffic) by 1861. Remained independent (and highly profitable) until grouping.

Whitehaven Junction Railway

Maryport to Whitehaven (Bransty) (leased by London and North Western Railway (LNWR) 1865; amalgamated with 1866).

Whitehaven at this time was dominated by the Lowther family, and its head the Earl of Lonsdale. Attempts supported by William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale

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