Hawes railway station

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Hawes
Station on heritage railway
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General information
Location Hawes, Richmondshire
England
Coordinates 54°18′17″N2°11′34″W / 54.3047°N 2.1929°W / 54.3047; -2.1929
Grid reference SD875899
Platforms2
History
Original company Midland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1878 [1] Opened
16 March 1959 [1] Closed to passengers
April 1964closed for goods traffic

Hawes railway station is a disused railway station that served the town of Hawes in North Yorkshire, England. It was closed in 1959 and now forms part of the Dales Countryside Museum. Since 2015, the museum has rented the building to a business operating a bike shop and later, also a cafe. [2] [3]

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History

The station was opened in October 1878 by the Midland Railway (MR) as the terminus of their 6-mile (10 km) branch line from Hawes Junction. The MR branch made an end-on junction there with the North Eastern Railway (NER) line from Northallerton via Bedale which had been opened as far as Leyburn by 1856 and then extended onwards to Hawes in the summer of 1878. Although the station belonged to the Midland, the NER (and later the LNER) operated most of the passenger services from there — the MR section being worked as an extension of the service to/from Northallerton. The only exception to this was a single daily return service between Hawes and Hellifield that for much of its life was known by the somewhat unusual nickname of Bonnyface. [4]

The NER section of the line lost its passenger service in April 1954, but the station retained a nominal service of one train each way from Hawes Junction (by then renamed Garsdale) until final closure to passengers on 16 March 1959. Goods traffic from the Leyburn direction continued until complete closure in April 1964, [5] after which the track was lifted and the buildings left to fall into disrepair. However, after many years of disuse, the site was purchased by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority and converted into a museum and tourist information centre in the early 1990s, a role it continues to fulfil to this day. [6] As part of this scheme, the station buildings and platforms were refurbished, a short length of track relaid. A preserved industrial tank locomotive, cosmetically painted in British Railways colours, together with a pair of ex-BR Mark 1 coaches, were installed as a static exhibit (see accompanying photo).

Although isolated from the national rail network for over fifty-five years, the Wensleydale Railway hopes to one day eventually rebuild, re-instate and re-open the currently abandoned and derelict section of line between Redmire and Garsdale (thus would involve restoring the station to its former glory and active use). [7] However, the train with three carriages which currently resides in the platform would have to be removed and placed in a newly-constructed siding, because the project involves re-instating the entire station to its former use.

Stationmasters

Originally the station staff were provided alternately by the Midland Railway and the North Eastern Railway, but from 1 January 1901 it was agreed that the later would take on this responsibility.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Terminus  North Eastern Railway   Askrigg
Line and station closed
Garsdale
Line closed, station open
  Midland Railway
Hawes Branch
 Terminus
HR icon.svg   Proposed Heritage railways
Garsdale
Line closed, station open
  Wensleydale Railway   Askrigg
Line and station closed

Notes

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. "New business opens in Dales Countryside Museum". Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  3. "New cafe opens in Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes". The Bolton News. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  4. Houghton & Foster; p. 51
  5. Body; p. 144
  6. "Dales Countryside Museum Website". Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
  7. "Wensleydale Railway Association - History & Heritage". Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
  8. "1876-1892 Joint Staff". Midland Railway Operating, Miscellaneous Depts: 24. 1899. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  9. "The Stationmaster's Promotion" . Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer and Clitheroe Division News. England. 27 September 1895. Retrieved 4 May 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. 1 2 3 "1893-1906 Joint Staff". Midland Railway Operating, Miscellaneous Depts: 1. 1899. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  11. "Railway Appointments" . Newcastle Daily Chronicle. England. 1 March 1919. Retrieved 4 May 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. "L.N.E.R. Appointments" . Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough. England. 8 March 1939. Retrieved 4 May 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.

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