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39-411: The museum is located beside the disused Hawes railway station in the small town of Hawes at the head of Wensleydale . The museum's outdoor display includes a real steam train and carriages on the track bed of the former Wensleydale Railway . The railway station remains in its original site, now part of Museum building. Since 2015, part of the redundant station has been rented to a business operating

78-406: A single track branch line, except for the double track section between Leeming Bar and Bedale. Chief commodities transported on the line were coal, milk, and stone. One passenger train each way was operated between Garsdale and Hawes until 14 March 1959 at which point this part of the line closed to all traffic, however, freight continued from Northallerton to Hawes until 1964. On 27 April 1964,

117-484: A bike shop and later, also a cafe. The steam engine a Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Works No 7845 No.12 Current number 67345 0-6-0T was built in 1955 by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn to work at Hams Hall Power Station at Sutton Coldfield . Little is known about the early preservation history of the locomotive although it was at Sheringham on the North Norfolk railway in 1975/76. It moved to Ruddington, at what

156-493: A branch off this line between Garsdale and Hawes was authorised on 16 July 1866. An Act of Parliament raised by the North Eastern Railway for a railway between Leyburn and Hawes was authorised on 4 July 1870, though work did not start until 1874. The section of this railway between Leyburn and Askrigg opened on 1 February 1877; the section between Askrigg and Hawes was opened for goods on 1 June 1878. The Hawes branch of

195-600: A brand new station serving Castle Bolton. This has been costed at £2 million and is listed in a five-year plan. In order to achieve this, the missing bridge that used to span Apedale Beck to the west of Redmire station will need to be replaced. There was a plan to do so utilising a redundant bridge from the Catterick branch line that was removed during the A1 to A1(M) upgrade in 2015 and stored in Redmire Station car park. However

234-602: A founder member of the North Eastern Railway (NER) on 31 July 1854, and the Bedale and Leyburn was absorbed into this larger company in 1859. The Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle upon Tyne Junction Railway had been proposed in the mid-1840s railway mania to link Settle , Hawes and Askrigg , and the Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Act 1846 ( 9 & 10 Vict. c. xc) gave permission for

273-506: A landslip at Mossdale required extra work to excavate from the line. At this point, there was a through route between Northallerton and Garsdale. Both companies had running powers over each others' lines; the NER ran passenger trains westwards from Hawes (but no freight) and the Midland only exercised their right to run trains eastwards to Leyburn with occasional excursion traffic. The line remained

312-688: A main line from Elslack , on the Leeds and Bradford Railway , to Scorton on the Richmond branch of the Great North of England Railway , and a branch line to Hawes, but this scheme failed. In the late 1860s, several competing railways proposed to serve the agricultural land around Hawes. Eventually, an Act of Parliament raised by the Midland Railway that mostly related to the Settle and Carlisle line but included

351-492: 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). However,

390-453: A result of the removal of all but the one daily train, Leyburn loop and signal box were closed. Some excursion tours ran to Redmire in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s particularly the DalesRail services in 1977 which prompted interest in a renewed passenger service on the line. At the opening of the railway to Leyburn in 1856, services consisted of either five or six return journeys. With

429-599: Is a heritage railway in Wensleydale and Lower Swaledale in North Yorkshire , England. It was built in stages by different railway companies and originally extended to Garsdale railway station on the Settle-Carlisle line. Since 2003, the remaining line has been run as a heritage railway . The line runs 22 miles (35 km) between Northallerton West station, about a fifteen-minute walk from Northallerton station on

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468-594: Is a membership organisation and a registered charity that supports the development of the railway through fund raising, volunteer working, providing training and supporting work on heritage structures such as Scruton station and Bedale signal box. Class 9F No. 92219 was removed from the railway in December 2020 to a private site in Tebay, subsequently moving to the Strathspey Railway in 2023. Other locos were also moved from

507-559: Is now the Great Central Railway at Nottingham, in 1998 for cosmetic restoration. For many years the locomotive has been on display at the Dales countryside Museum at Hawes at Wensleydale. It carries the number 67345 as this was the number of the NER G5 class locomotive which hauled the last passenger train out of Hawes station in 1959. The last freight train used the line in 1964 after which

546-523: Is to have a timetabled year-round service run by a train operating company , rather than a heritage service. This scheme was shortlisted for funding in the second round of the government's Reverse Beeching Fund , in June 2020. The Wensleydale Railway plc is responsible for the operation, maintenance and development of the railway line and passenger services. The company has a mixture of employed and volunteer staff. The Wensleydale Railway Association (Trust) Ltd

585-560: The East Coast Main Line , and Redmire . Regular passenger services operate between Leeming Bar and Redmire , with a shuttle to Scruton , occasional freight services and excursions travel the full length of the line. The line formerly ran from Northallerton to Garsdale on the Settle-Carlisle Railway but the track between Redmire and Garsdale has been lifted and several bridges have been demolished, although one of

624-457: The York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway , to build a line between Northallerton and Bedale. The 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 -mile (8.9 km) section between Northallerton and Leeming Lane opened on 6 March 1848. The section between Leeming Bar and Bedale that was authorised by the act was not built, due to the collapse of George Hudson's railway interests. This left the railway to terminate just west of

663-645: The Great North Road in Leeming Bar , with passengers for Bedale being conveyed on the last section by horse and cart. The Bedale and Leyburn Railway, financed by local landowners, was an 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 -mile (18.5 km) extension between Leeming Bar and Leyburn that was authorised on 4 August 1853; the section between Leeming Bar and Bedale station opened on 1 February 1855 and the remainder on 28 November 1855 for goods and minerals and 19 May 1856 for passengers. The York, Newcastle and Berwick had become

702-512: The LMS) ran a second early morning train to Hawes on a Tuesday only, this was the day of the cattle market in Hawes. The 1896 timetable shows five workings from Northallerton to Hawes, four of which continued on to Hawes Junction. The return number down the valley towards Northallerton was the same; five in total, with four originating at Hawes Junction. In 1914, services amounted to five daily return trips on

741-456: The Settle and Carlisle line was opened for goods on 1 August 1878; the sections between Askrigg and Hawes and between Hawes and Garsdale were both opened for passengers on 1 October 1878. The delays in the section between Hawes Junction and Hawes was down to the heavier engineering required on this section (one tunnel and two viaducts) with steeper gradients. In the months before the section opened,

780-502: The Wensleydale Railway at the same time due to the railway being overcrowded and needing space to operate. 47714 The railway also has an 0-6-0 Sentinel Shunter and a Tyne and Wear Metro Shunter WL4. Both 20169 and 37674, were moved from the Wensleydale Railway in December 2020. Previously stored or unused locomotives, numbers No. 25313 (D7663), No. 31454, No. 37503 (D6717), No. 60086, and No. 60050 were all cleared from

819-416: The bridge was subsequently found to be unsuitable and it has been cut up and removed. In January 2019, Campaign for Better Transport released a report identifying the line which was listed as Priority 2 for reopening. Priority 2 is for those lines which require further development or a change in circumstances (such as housing developments). In 2019, services were suspended between Leyburn and Redmire due to

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858-508: The deterioration of the track infrastructure. As of 2024, services are still to hopefully resume between the two stations with trains terminating at Leyburn. A fundraising appeal is currently taking place to fund the replacement of the life-expired track. In late 2019/early 2020, a separate organisation, the Upper Wensleydale Railway, was formed to campaign to reinstate the line between Hawes and Garsdale . The group's objective

897-576: The eventual opening of the line by 1878, the NER rans five trains per day between Northallerton and Garsdale, with the Midland Railway running an additional daily return train from Hellifield to Hawes, known colloquially as Bonnyface . In the 1880s, the Midland Railway ran two stopping passengers trains on the Settle-Carlisle Line, which would connect with the NER local trains to Northallerton from Hawes Junction (Garsdale). The Midland (and later

936-508: The full length of the line. A further two trains went part way; Northallerton to Bedale arriving at 10:07 am, and Northallerton to Leyburn, arriving at 11:47 pm. In the other direction, the two extra trains were Leyburn to Northallerton leaving at 6:10 am and Hawes to Northallerton leaving at 9:05 am. By 1939, three trains ran the full length of the line in both directions, with two extra services either terminating, or starting from Leyburn and Hawes. By 1942, only two trains ran

975-539: The installation of loading facilities at Redmire, and did not object to WRC taking over the line. A trial train ran in November 1993 and full MoD operations started in July 1996. These military transport trains continue to this day. In 2000, WRA formed a separate operating company, the Wensleydale Railway plc (WRC), and issued a share offer to raise funds. £1.2 million was raised through this method. Railtrack agreed to lease

1014-453: The line between Northallerton and Redmire following cessation of the quarry trains to Redmire, the WRA decided to take a more proactive role and aimed to operate passenger services itself. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) had an interest in using the line between Northallerton and Redmire to transport armoured vehicles to/from Catterick Garrison . The MoD paid for repairs and restoration of the line and

1053-445: The line between Northallerton and Redmire to WRC and a 99-year lease was signed in 2003. Passenger services restarted on 4 July 2003 with the stations at Leeming Bar and Leyburn being reopened. In 2004, the stations at Bedale, Finghall and Redmire were reopened. A passing loop was opened at the site of the former Constable Burton station, which enabled the railway to introduce a 2-train service when required. In 2014, Scruton station

1092-477: The line between Redmire and Hawes closed completely. The track west of Redmire was lifted and many bridges on this section of the line were demolished in 1965. Most freight traffic on the line ceased in 1982, with the exception of the limestone traffic from Redmire to Teesside for steel-making, though this freight flow ceased in December 1992 when British Steel switched its limestone source to Hardendale in Cumbria. As

1131-522: 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, after which the track was lifted and the buildings left to fall into disrepair. However, after many years of disuse,

1170-461: The line was lifted. 54°18′17″N 2°11′32″W  /  54.3046°N 2.1923°W  / 54.3046; -2.1923 This article relating to a museum in the United Kingdom is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hawes railway station Hawes railway station is a disused railway station that served the town of Hawes in North Yorkshire , England. It

1209-427: The railway indicated that an initial extension to Aysgarth from Redmire (3 miles (4.8 km)), would generate an extra income of £3.1 million per year into the local economy with an additional £500,000 in annual ticket sales for the railway. The sale of Aysgarth Station and trackbed to a private individual in 2017 allowed the release of funds and the short term plan is to extend some 0.75 miles (1.21 km) to

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1248-549: 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. 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

1287-484: The stated aims of the Wensleydale Railway is to reinstate the line from Redmire to Garsdale. Additionally, a separate proposal exists to link Hawes to Garsdale with a view to providing commuter and tourist services rather than heritage services. On 26 June 1846, an act of Parliament (the Great North of England and Bedale Branch Railway Act 1846 ) authorised the Newcastle & Darlington Junction Railway , and its successor

1326-523: 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 . The NER section of

1365-601: 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. 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. Wensleydale Railway East Coast Main Line Settle–Carlisle line The Wensleydale Railway

1404-453: The whole length of the line, but the third service was reinstated by 1950. After services ceased running eastwards from Hawes in 1954, the Bonnyface became a once-daily train connecting Hawes with Hellifield. Download coordinates as: The Wensleydale Railway Association (WRA) was formed in 1990 with the main aim of restoring passenger services. When British Rail decided to try to sell

1443-659: 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. 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

1482-450: Was reopened and a new station built at Northallerton West , enabling passenger services to be extended east of Leeming Bar, but this section was closed to passengers again in August 2016 following a collision between a train and a car at a level crossing near Yafforth . It is hoped to recommence services at a future date once work to upgrade level crossing equipment is complete. In 2016, it

1521-492: Was reported that the railway carries over 50,000 people a year and that for every £1 spent on the railway, £4 is spent at one of the towns or villages on the route. The company's longer-term aim is to reopen the 18 miles (29 km) of line west from Redmire via Castle Bolton, Aysgarth, Askrigg, Bainbridge, Hawes and Mossdale to join up with the Settle-Carlisle Railway Route at Garsdale. A study commissioned by

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