Spennithorne railway station was on 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 ...

, in

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, England. The station was opened by the Bedale and Leyburn Railway on 19 May 1856, and served the village of

Spennithorne Spennithorne is a village and civil parish in lower Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of the market town Leyburn, on a slight elevation above the River Ure, which forms the ...

. It closed temporarily on 1 March 1917, before reopening on 18 September 1920. It closed permanently on 26 April 1954. The station consisted of a two-storey station master's house and a single-storey building for the station office and waiting room. There were no sidings or goods facilities. Mr Francis Johnson was the station master for three years prior to 1908 after which he moved to Scruton railway station. He had a reputation for beautifying the stations under his charge.Arrowsmith, Virginia (2017). ''A Short History of Scruton Station''. Wensleydale Railway. The station was northeast of Spennithorne, just within the civil parish of

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. Business was always likely to be small at this remote location, and in the 30 years to 1914 the station averaged 2,616 passengers a year, with receipts of £289.

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Video footage of Spennithorne railway station.

Disused railway stations in North Yorkshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1856 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1917 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1920 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1954 Wensleydale Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations