Disused railway line alongside Coniston Water, now a walking trail. Wasn't Beaching short sighted?

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The Coniston Railway was a railway in Cumbria, England, linking Coniston and Broughton-in-Furness, which ran for over 100 years between the middle of the 19th to the middle of the 20th century. It was originally designed for the transport of slate and copper ore from the mines near Coniston to the coast and later developed into a line for tourists to the Lake District. The line opened in 1859 and closed in 1962

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Size: 6720px × 4480px
Location: Torver, nr Coniston, Cumbria
Photo credit: © Roger Hollingsworth / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: broughton--furness, coniston, copper, cumbria, district, field, grass, hiking, lake, mining, ore, path, railway, slate, torver, tourist, track, trail, transport, tree, water