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Ravenstonedale railway station

Ravenstonedale railway station was situated on the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway (SD&LUR) between Tebay and Kirkby Stephen East. It served the villages of Ravenstonedale and Newbiggin-on-Lune.

History

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Ravenstonedale station building and eastbound platform as surviving in 2016
Location of the station on 1935 map

The station was built by the SD&LUR, which was promoted by the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) and was opened on 8 August 1861. It was initially named Newbiggin until it was renamed Ravenstonedale on 1 January 1877.[1] The SD&LUR was merged into the S&DR on 1 January 1863 and the latter was merged into the North Eastern Railway (NER) on 13 July 1863.[2]

The station had two passenger platforms and a small goods siding. The main station building was erected on the northerly (eastbound) side of the line next to the road from Tebay to Ravenstonedale and Kirkby Stephen.[3]

On the railway grouping of 1 January 1923, the NER became part of the London and North Eastern Railway and British Railways North Eastern Region took over the passenger services on nationalization on 1 January 1948.

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1937 to 1939 and possibly one for some of 1934.[4]

Passenger services were withdrawn and the station closed on 1 December 1952 and the line closed completely on 22 January 1962.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  2. ^ Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 161, 162 & 164. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
  3. ^ "Ravenstonedale station on OS 25inch map Westmorland XXIX.8 (Ravenstonedale)". National Library of Scotland. 1898. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. ^ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 10. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  5. ^ Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. pp. 8 & 19 (refs 0335 & 0919). ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.

Further reading

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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Gaisgill   South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway   Smardale

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