This article is about the railway in Yorkshire, England. For the railway in Victoria, Australia between 1890 and 1948, see Wensleydale railway line (Australia).
Wensleydale Railway
Tornado at Newton-le-Willows in May 2019
Locale
North Yorkshire
Commercial operations
Name
Wensleydale Railway
Original gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Preserved operations
Operated by
Wensleydale Railway plc
Stations
7
Length
22 miles (35 km)
Preserved gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Commercial history
Opened
between 1848 & 1878
Closed to passengers
26 April 1954
Closed
1992
Preservation history
Headquarters
Leeming Bar
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Wensleydale Railway
Legend
East Coast Main Line
Northallerton
Northallerton West
Ainderby
River Swale
Scruton
Leeming Bar
A1(M)
Bedale
Crakehall
Jervaulx
Finghall
Constable Burton
Spennithorne
Leyburn
Wensley
Redmire
Aysgarth
Askrigg
Hawes
Appersett Viaduct
108 yards (99 m)
Mossdale Head Tunnel
245 yards (224 m)
Garsdale
Settle–Carlisle line
The Wensleydale Railway is a heritage railway in Wensleydale and Lower Swaledale in North Yorkshire, England. It was built in stages by different railway companies and originally extended to Garsdale railway station on the Settle-Carlisle line. Since 2003, the remaining line has been run as a heritage railway. The line runs 22 miles (35 km) between Northallerton West station, about a fifteen-minute walk from Northallerton station on the East Coast Main Line, and Redmire.
Regular passenger services operate between Leeming Bar and Redmire, with a shuttle to Scruton, occasional freight services and excursions travel the full length of the line.
The line formerly ran from Northallerton to Garsdale on the Settle-Carlisle Railway but the track between Redmire and Garsdale has been lifted and several bridges have been demolished, although one of the stated aims of the Wensleydale Railway is to reinstate the line from Redmire to Garsdale. Additionally, a separate proposal exists to link Hawes to Garsdale with a view to providing commuter and tourist services rather than heritage services.
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