Bentham railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Bentham


caption = Bentham station
manager = Northern Rail
locale = High Bentham
borough = Craven
code = BEN
lowusage0405 = 15,449
lowusage0506 = 15,924
lowusage0607 = 16,535
platforms = 2
years = 1850
events = Opened

Bentham railway station serves the small town of High Bentham in North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Leeds to Morecambe Line, between Wennington and stnlnk|Clapham.

History

The station was opened on 2 May 1850 by the "little" North Western Railway, later taken over by the Midland Railway. [Bairstow, p.96] During part of the nineteenth century, the station was known as Bentham High. [Dewick, map 24] The station building, built in the 1950s, is now privately owned. [Bairstow, p.9]

ervices

All services are operated by Northern Rail. There are five services in each direction. One direction leads to Wennington, Carnforth, stnlnk|Lancaster and stnlnk|Morecambe, while the other direction leads to Clapham, stnlnk|Giggleswick and stnlnk|Skipton, terminating finally at stnlnk|Leeds Connections for stnlnk|Bradford Forster Square are available at Shipley, although through trains do operate occasionally if the line to Leeds is closed for engineering work. On Sundays there are two services in each direction (increasing to four in summer).

Notes

References

* Bairstow, M. (2000), "The 'Little' North Western Railway", Martin Bairstow, Leeds, ISBN 1 871944 21X
*Dewick, T. (2002), "Complete Atlas of Railway Station Names", Ian Allen Publishing, Hersham, ISBN 0 7110 2798 6

External links

rail line
next=stnlnk|Bentham Low
previous=stnlnk|Clapham
route=Midland Railway
"Little" North Western Railway
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