Grassington & Threshfield railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Grassington & Threshfield
gridref = SD995638


caption = Grassington & Threshfield station soon after closure
manager = Midland Railway
owner = London, Midland and Scottish Railway
locale = Grassington
borough = Wharfedale, North Yorkshire
platforms = 2
years = 30 July 1902
events = Opened as "Grassington"
years1 = October 1902
events1 = Renamed "Grassington & Threshfield"
years2 = 22 September 1930
events2 = Closed to passengers
years3 = 11 August 1969
events3 = Closed completely

Grassington & Threshfield railway station (or Threshfield station) was a railway station that served the villages of Grassington and Threshfield. [Butt, R.V.J. (1995). "The Directory of Railway Stations", Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 108.] [ [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/g/grassington_threshfield/index.shtml Grassington & Threshfield Station at Subterranea Britannica] ]

History

The station was built in the early part of 1902 by the Yorkshire Dales Railway for the Midland Railway. The line diverged from Embsay Junction, up through the Dales, with a stopping station at Rylstone, past the then 'Swinden Lime Works' - today known as Swinden Quarry, and then a further 3 miles to Threshfield Station. The line was built to provide better links for local villages to the nearby town of Skipton. There were other proposals to continue the line further up the Dales. It would continue north to Kettlewell and the to Leyburn and would join with the station at Hawes on the Wensleydale Railway.The station had two platforms with run-round loops for each platform, a goods shed with its own siding and a cattle dock with its own siding. A single track route went off over towards Skierthorns Quarry but only went as far as the rear of a set of terraced houses known as Woodlands Terrace. Here the stone was brought down from the quarry by a means of a tramway. It then was brought to Woodlands Terrace where it was unloaded and transferred onto the stone trains.

Embsay Junction

Embsay Junction was built to take trains from Skipton to Rylstone Station and Threshfield Station. This was single track only as it did not have many trains going to it.

The other direction was the Skipton to Ilkley Line across the Dales, with stopping stations at Embsay, Bolton Abbey, Addingham and finally ending up at Ilkley. The line was double-tracked to hold the number of trains going along it.

References

External links

* [http://www.yorkshire-escapes.com/yorkshire/places/grassington/ Grassington & Threshfield information]