Embsay railway station

Infobox UK station
name=Embsay
locale=Embsay
borough=Craven
manager=Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
platforms=2


caption = The station building at Embsay
start = 1888
Closed 1962
Reopened 1979

Embsay railway station is a railway station on the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. It serves the small village of Embsay in North Yorkshire. The station is the other terminus on the railway and was re-opened in 1979. The station was brought back to its former LMS glory.

History

The original station building was constructed in 1888 by the Midland Railway and was modernised by the LMS, and closed as part of the Beeching Axe in 1965. The station was re-opened by the Yorkshire Dales Railway (Embsay Railway) in 1979. It was brought back to its former glory in the days of the LMS.

In December 2004, Emmerdale used the station for the location of Hotten station.

On the 6th February 2008, a new signal box arrived, an original from 1892 (Midland Railway). The signal box is to add character to the station. [ [http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/newsindex/display.var.2023517.0.embsay_railways_new_piece_of_history.php The Telegraph and Argus report on Embsay station] ]

Information

The railway station site includes:
*The ticket office
*The gift shop
*The Embsay Book Shop
*The car park
*The Engine Sheds

Gallery

See also

*Skipton (Proposed)
*Holywell Halt
*Bolton Abbey
*Stoneacre
*Addingham (Proposed)

References

External links

* [http://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk/historyo.html A history of the Embsay Railway]
* [http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/pois/heritage_railways/embsay_and_bolton_abbey_steam_railway.skipton.htm National Rail Enquires information on Embsay]
* [http://www.embsaystationbookshop.co.uk/ Embsay station bookshop official website]
* [http://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk/emmerdale04.html Emmerdale filming pictures]