Pateley Bridge railway station

Pateley Bridge
The station buildings in 2015
General information
Location	Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire England
Coordinates	54°05′08″N1°45′35″W / 54.0855°N 1.7596°W / 54.0855; -1.7596
Grid reference	SE158655
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 May 1862	Opened [1]
2 April 1951	Closed to passenger traffic [1]
31 October 1964	Closed to all traffic [2]

Pateley Bridge railway station is a disused railway station in North Yorkshire, England.

The station was the terminating station on the North Eastern Railway (NER) Nidd Valley branch line. The station opened in 1862 and had a single platform; a small goods yard and a small locomotive depot, comprising a shed and a railway turntable.

In 1907 a connection was opened from the station, across the main street in Pateley Bridge to link the Bradford Corporation owned Nidd Valley Light Railway (NVLR) with the NER branch line. This connection was only used by goods traffic as the NVLR opened its own passenger station a few hundred metres away and passengers had to walk between the two stations. ^{[3] [4]}

The station was host to a camping coach in 1933 and 1935, possibly one for some of 1934 and two coaches from 1936 to 1939, the station was also used as an overnight stop for touring camping coach service in 1935. ^[5]

All traffic on the NVLR ceased in 1936 and the Nidd Valley branch went into a decline which led to the withdrawal of passenger services in 1951 and the closure of the line and the station to all traffic in 1964. ^[2]

The main station building at Pateley Bridge survived and is now in private use.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Dacre Line & station closed		North Eastern Railway Nidd Valley Railway		Terminus

References

Notes

1. Quick (2009), p. 306.
2. Croft (1972), p. 25.
3. Hoole (1978), p. 36.
4. Thompson & Groundwater (1991), p. 57.
5. McRae (1997), pp. 10 & 12.

Sources

• Croft, David J. (1972). The Nidd Valley Railway. Oakwood Press. ISBN   978-0853613-37-4.
• Hoole, Ken (1978). North Eastern branch lines since 1925. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN   978-0711008-29-8.
• McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. pp. 10 & 12. ISBN   1-870119-48-7.
• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN   978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC   612226077.
• Thompson, Alan R.; Groundwater, Ken (1991). North Yorkshire (Part 1): York and Selby, the Dales and Skipton to Garsdale. British railways past and present. Vol. 11. Silver Link Publishing. ISBN   978-0947971-71-7.