Leeming Bar railway station
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Parameter validation".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "check for deprecated parameters". Leeming Bar railway station is a railway station in Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire, England. It is the penultimate eastern rail passenger station of the Wensleydale Railway, though the line continues towards Template:Rws. Trains are timed to link in with Dales and District service buses to Northallerton to connect with the National Rail network.
History
The station was opened by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (a constituent company of the North Eastern Railway) in 1848 as the terminus of their branch from Northallerton.[1] The station building was probably designed by George Townsend Andrews[2] who may also have designed the Grade II listed locomotive shed.[3]
The line was then extended westwards to Leyburn by the Bedale and Leyburn Railway seven years later.[4] A single-road locomotive shed was built at the west end of the station when the station opened up in 1848. The shed was still in use for the first and last trains of the day which terminated and started in Template:Rws. A shed had been proposed at Bedale as the intended terminus of the line, but with the extension to Leyburn, the shed at Leeming was retained.[5]
The station was located on the start of a two-track section to Bedale, with two platforms and a 36-lever signal box. The station was originally called Leeming Lane due to being sited on a level crossing on the Great North Road. However, in July 1902, it was renamed Leeming Bar.[6]
It closed to passengers in April 1954 when the Northallerton to Hawes service fell victim to road competition, but reopened under Wensleydale Railway ownership in the summer of 2003.[7]
Preservation
As well as the scheduled passenger service, the station also sees periodic train loads of military hardware travelling between Catterick Garrison and various destinations in the south of England via Northallerton and the East Coast Main Line.[8] Most trains on the line terminate at Leeming Bar.
Plans are for passenger trains to eventually continue through Leeming Bar and run into Northallerton railway station. The first phase of this involved re-opening Template:Rws station and commissioning a temporary structure at Template:Rws in 2014, but this section was closed again in August 2016 following a collision between a train and a car at a level crossing near Yafforth.[9] It is hoped to recommence services to Northallerton West at a future date once work to upgrade level crossing equipment is complete, although there are no current plans to do so.[10] Scruton station later reopened and is currently the eastern terminus of the line, served by shuttles from Leeming Bar.
Leeming Bar is also the location of the Wensleydale Railway's main depot where its rolling stock is stored and is visible from the A1.
The station building, on the south side of the railway station, is grade II listed with a classic portico entrance, which faces out onto the road over the level crossing which used to be the Great North Road.[11] The station building was renovated in 2021.[12] The former engine shed, which is now used by the heritage railway, is also grade II listed.[2]
See also
References
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External links
| Preceding station | Heritage Railways Heritage railways | Following station | ||
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| Bedale | style="background:#Template:Heritage rail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Wensleydale Railway | style="background:#Template:Heritage rail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Scruton |
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| Bedale Line and station open |
style="background:#Template:NER colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | North Eastern Railway York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway |
style="background:#Template:NER colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Scruton Line and station open |
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