Ravenstonedale railway station

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Ravenstonedale railway station was situated on the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway (SD&LUR) between Tebay and Kirkby Stephen East. It served the villages of Ravenstonedale and Newbiggin-on-Lune.

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Ravenstonedale station building and eastbound platform as surviving in 2016 Ravenstonedale Rly Stn Building & Platform Aug 2016.jpg
Ravenstonedale station building and eastbound platform as surviving in 2016
Location of the station on 1935 map Ravenstonedale Rly Stn location on 1935 Map.jpg
Location of the station on 1935 map

The station was built by the SD&LUR, which was promoted by the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) and was opened on 8 August 1861. It was initially named Newbiggin until it was renamed Ravenstonedale on 1 January 1877. [1] The SD&LUR was merged into the S&DR on 1 January 1863 and the latter was merged into the North Eastern Railway (NER) on 13 July 1863. [2]

The station had two passenger platforms and a small goods siding. The main station building was erected on the northerly (eastbound) side of the line next to the road from Tebay to Ravenstonedale and Kirkby Stephen. [3]

On the railway grouping of 1 January 1923, the NER became part of the London and North Eastern Railway and British Railways North Eastern Region took over the passenger services on nationalization on 1 January 1948.

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1937 to 1939 and possibly one for some of 1934. [4]

Passenger services were withdrawn and the station closed on 1 December 1952 and the line closed completely on 22 January 1962. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society.
  2. ↑ Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 161, 162 & 164. ISBN   1-8526-0049-7. OCLC   19514063. CN 8983.
  3. ↑ "Ravenstonedale station on OS 25inch map Westmorland XXIX.8 (Ravenstonedale)". National Library of Scotland. 1898. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. ↑ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 10. ISBN   1-870119-48-7.
  5. ↑ Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. pp. 8 & 19 (refs 0335 & 0919). ISBN   0-9477-9618-5.

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Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Gaisgill   South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway   Smardale

Coordinates: 54°26′34″N2°27′48″W / 54.4427°N 2.4634°W / 54.4427; -2.4634

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