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Crakehall railway station

Coordinates: 54°17′53″N 1°38′01″W / 54.297927°N 1.633494°W / 54.297927; -1.633494
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Crakehall
General information
LocationCrakehall, Hambleton
England
Coordinates54°17′53″N 1°38′01″W / 54.297927°N 1.633494°W / 54.297927; -1.633494
Grid referenceSE239892
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBedale and Leyburn Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
19 May 1856Opened
1 March 1917Closed
24 October 1921[1]Reopened
26 April 1954Closed

Crakehall railway station was a railway station that served the village of Crakehall, North Yorkshire, England.

History

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Opened by the Bedale and Leyburn Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the North Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by British Railways in April 1954.[2]

The site today

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Track still passes through the station site, providing rail access for the Wensleydale Railway which operates west from Leeming Bar. The crossing is now manually operated by a crossing keeper when the heritage line is operating. The station building remains intact and is used as a private house.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick
  2. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 139. OCLC 931112387.
  3. ^ Crakehall station (2012) Templeman, Roger Geograph.org.uk; Retrieved 21 June 2017
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Jervaulx
Line open, station closed
  North Eastern Railway
Bedale and Leyburn Railway
  Bedale
Line and station open
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