Grassington & Threshfield railway station
| Grassington & Threshfield | |
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Grassington & Threshfield station soon after closure
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| Location | |
| Place | Grassington |
| Area | Craven |
| Coordinates | 54°04′14″N 2°00′35″W / 54.070459°N 2.009800°WCoordinates: 54°04′14″N 2°00′35″W / 54.070459°N 2.009800°W |
| Grid reference | SD994638 |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 30 July 1902 | Opened as "Grassington" |
| October 1902 | Renamed "Grassington & Threshfield" |
| 22 September 1930 | Closed to passengers |
| 11 August 1969 | Closed completely |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Grassington & Threshfield railway station (or Threshfield station) was a railway station that served the villages of Grassington and Threshfield, in North Yorkshire, England.
The Yorkshire Dales Railway constructed the line to Grassington & Threshfield, with services operated by the Midland Railway, to provide better links for local villages to the nearby town of Skipton. It diverged at Embsay Junction, and ran through the Dales, with a station at Rylstone, past the then 'Swinden Lime Works' (today known as Swinden Quarry), and a further 3 miles (5 km) to Threshfield. Despite being the line's terminus, Grassington & Threshfield was built as a through station, because there were proposals to continue the line further north up the Dales to Kettlewell, and thence to Leyburn, to join the line to Hawes on the Wensleydale Railway. That was never done.
The station, which opened with the line in mid-1902, had two platforms, each with a run-round loop, and a goods shed and cattle dock with their own sidings. Another siding branched west towards Skierthorns Quarry, ending at the rear of a set of terraced houses known as Woodlands Terrace. Limestone was brought down from the quarry by a tramway to Woodlands Terrace, where it was transferred to trains.
On 22 September 1930, after only 28 years, the LMS withdrew regular passenger services due to poor patronage. However, excursion traffic continued for more than 30 years thereafter, as did general goods traffic and stone traffic from the nearby quarry. The end of quarrying in the early 1960s eventually led to the complete closure of the station, and the northern end of the branch, on 11 August 1969.
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