Northallerton (excl.) (deviation point) - Hawes (excl.)
Date Closed to Passenger Services
26 Apr 1954
Mileage Closed
33m 47c*
Stations Closed
Ainderby; Scruton; Leeming Bar; Bedale; Crakehall; Jervaulx; Finghall Lane; Constable Burton; Spennithorne; Leyburn; Wensley; Redmire; Aysgarth; Askrigg
Services Operated
Northallerton - Leyburn/Hawes/Garsdale
Timetable Reference
B1438 Jul 1953 888
Cobb Atlas Reference
436 36 93 - 421 87 89
Present Status
Preserved - Northallerton West - Redmire (see Notes below). Freight - Castle Hills Inner Jct. - Northallerton West; Redmire - Redmire (MOD). Dismantled - remainder.
Map
RCH Yorkshire 1918; Lancashire & District 1933
Further Notes
ACD - Mon 26/04/1954 - PNM 1980 p45. LTR Northallerton - Leyburn - Sunday 25/04/1954; Leyburn - Hawes, no Sunday service, LTR - Sat 24/04/1954.
Line temporarily reopened January 1962 due to heavy snowfall - RPSGB; The Wensleydale Branch OL86 OP 2002 p172/3.
*RCH Y 1918. Mileage estimated. The section of line from Northallerton station to the point of deviation of the Hawes line shared the same formation as the main line to Darlington for approximately 25c.
Northallerton West - Redmire RO by the Wensleydale Railway as a preserved tourist line. This section of line is also occasionally utilised for freight movements to/from Redmire MOD.
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