The Cumbrian Coast Line is an amalgamation of a series of earlier routes: * Carlisle to Maryport, Maryport and Carlisle Railway opened 1845 * Maryport to Whitehaven, Whitehaven Junction Railway (acquired by London and North Western Railway 1866) * Whitehaven to Kirkby-in-Furness, Whitehaven and Furness Railway (acquired by Furness Railway 1865) * Kirkby-in-Furness to Barrow-in-Furness, Furness Railway opened 1844 All the above constituents were absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923.