 This service was the only timetabled passenger train in BR days to travel direct between Dalton Junction and Park South, avoiding the long loop through Barrow.Two initiatives were introduced to encourage people to use the line, as opposed to special trains - Camping coaches and lake steamers.From 1934 a camping coach was placed at and three were positioned a short distance north of Coniston station on a siding off the branch to the Copperhouse.