Northallerton West is a temporary station built by the

Wensleydale Railway 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 railway station on the Settle-Carlisle line. Since ...

as part of plans to link the railway with

Northallerton Northallerton ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Vale of Mowbray and at the northern end of the Vale of York. It had a population of 16,832 in the 2011 census, an increa ...

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History

In May 2014,

Hambleton District Council Hambleton may refer to: Places *Hambleton District, a local government district of North Yorkshire, England ** Hambleton Ales, a brewery originally based in Hambleton *Hambleton, Lancashire, England *Hambleton, Rutland, England * Hambleton, Crave ...

agreed to provide £40,000 towards the estimated £51,000 cost of providing a temporary platform on land on the south-east side of Springwell Lane, Castle Hills,

, to establish a link between the

and the

town. A sum of £28,000 had already been spent by the heritage railway on upgrading the track from . Work started on the station's construction in October 2014, with the official opening taking place on 22 November 2014. The date also coincided with the restart of services from . The first train to arrive at the new station was a four-coach service hauled by

Harry Needle Railroad Company The Harry Needle Railroad Company (HNRC) is a railway spot-hire company, based at Barrow Hill Engine Shed in Derbyshire. Prior to 2010 the company also recovered valuable spares from scrapped railway vehicles, either on the vehicle owners site ...

's 47715 in Fragonset livery. The station, along with that at , was closed in August 2016 following a collision between a train and a car at a level crossing near Yafforth. It is hoped to re-open the line and station at a future date once work to upgrade the level crossing equipment is complete.

Future

The aim of the Wensleydale Railway in the long-term is to extend the line to Northallerton station and allow passengers to interchange with

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services. As this will require an agreement with

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, the provision of the platform is an interim solution which will allow the track to be brought into more regular use whilst also bringing in extra income for the heritage railway.

References

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Video and commentary on Northallerton West railway station
Heritage railway stations in North Yorkshire Railway stations built for UK heritage railways Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2014 Northallerton 2014 establishments in England {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub

History

Future

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