The Hincaster branch was a single-track railway branch line of the Furness Railway which ran from Arnside on the Furness main line to a junction with the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at Hincaster. Intermediate stations were provided at Sandside and Heversham, with the main engineering work being a substantial 26-arch viaduct over the River Bela near Sandside.
Bela Viaduct about 1930
Junction at Hincaster
The Furness Railway (Furness) was a railway company operating in the Furness area of Lancashire in North West England.
Furness Railway locomotive No. 20