Aysgarth railway station
Aysgarth | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Aysgarth, North Yorkshire England | ||||
| Coordinates | 54°17′47″N 1°58′54″W / 54.296256°N 1.981759°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SE012889 | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | North Eastern Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 February 1877 | Station opened | ||||
| 26 April 1954 | Station closed | ||||
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Aysgarth railway station is a disused railway station in North Yorkshire, England, near Aysgarth Falls. It was part of the Hawes Branch of the North Eastern Railway from its opening in 1877 until closure in April 1954.
The Wensleydale Railway Association aims to rebuild the railway from Northallerton (from its current western terminus at Redmire) to Garsdale and plans to re-open the station.
History
[edit]The station was opened by the North Eastern Railway on 1 February 1877.[1][2] The line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) during the Grouping of 1923.
The station was host to a camping coach from 1935 to 1939 and could possibly have had a coach in 1933 and/or 1934.[3] The station was also one of those used by the LNER touring camping coach service in 1935.[4]
The line passed to the North Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was closed by the British Transport Commission in April 1954,[1] although goods traffic continued until the Redmire to Hawes section closed to all traffic in 1964.
Aysgarth site today
[edit]The track had previously been lifted through the station site. In 2017 the station was sold into private hands after the Wensleydale Railway stated that it was costing too much to keep on their books.[5] The nearest operational part of the railway is the Wensleydale Railway, a heritage line which operates from Redmire to Leeming Bar and Northallerton West.[6] As of June 2022, track at the station has been re-instated[7] after its new owner, David Smith of West Coast Railways, was granted permission by The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority.[8]
| Disused railways | ||||
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| Askrigg Line and station closed |
North Eastern Railway Hawes Branch |
Redmire Line closed, station open | ||
| Preceding station |  Heritage railways
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Following station | ||
| Proposed extension | ||||
| Askrigg towards Garsdale
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Wensleydale Railway | Redmire towards Leeming Bar
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Quick 2022, p. 61.
- ^ "Opening of the Wensleydale Railway". York Herald. 2 February 1877. p. 6. Retrieved 1 June 2020. – via britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (subscription required)
- ^ McRae 1997, p. 10.
- ^ McRae 1997, p. 12.
- ^ Flanagan, Emily (15 September 2017). "Heritage railway decides to sell historic station in bid to develop ten-mile steam line". Darlington and Stockton Times. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ Gleeson, Janet (25 August 2017). "Station sale plans spark fears for the future of Wensleydale Railway". York Press. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ @steve220459 (7 June 2022). "Aysgarth Station in Wensleydale is emerging from its slumber. Last trains ran through here in 1964. Watch this sp…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Minting, Stuart. "Railway enthusiast gets approval for private steam project at Aysgarth Station". Richmondshire Today. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
Bibliography
[edit]- McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
- Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
Further reading
[edit]- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
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