Bolton Abbey railway station

Bolton Abbey
Bolton Abbey railway station in 2008
Location
Place	Bolton Abbey, North Yorkshire
Area	Craven
Coordinates	53°58′34″N 1°54′31″W / 53.976200°N 1.908643°W / 53.976200; -1.908643Coordinates: 53°58′34″N 1°54′31″W / 53.976200°N 1.908643°W / 53.976200; -1.908643
Grid reference	SE060533
Operations
Original company	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Operated by	Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
Platforms	1 (originally 2)
History
16 May 1888	Opened^[1]
17 June 1940	Closed^[1]
17 March 1941	Reopened^[1]
22 March 1965	Closed^[1]
1 May 1998	Reopened
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Bolton Abbey Station with a Down train of tank wagons in 1961

View NW, towards Skipton; ex-Midland Leeds - Ilkley - Skipton line in 1961

Mince Pie Special No.140 arriving at Bolton Abbey Station with a 'Mince Pie Special' on Boxing Day 2006.

Bolton Abbey railway station is on the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. It serves Bolton Abbey, although it is closer to Bolton Bridge, in North Yorkshire, England and several countryside walking routes. The station is the current terminus of the steam railway.

History

The station was opened in 1888 by the Midland Railway and was taken over by the London, Midland and Scottish railway. Bolton Abbey station has had a long Royal connection. It was the nearest station to the Duke of Devonshire's Bolton Hall. The hall was very popular with British monarchs such as:

King Edward VII (visited in 1902)
King George V (visited in 1922)

During World War II, an Air-raid shelter was constructed for the Royal family in an air-raid. The last time the royal train came to Bolton Abbey was in 1947. It closed along with the line in March 1965 and the buildings soon became derelict. Following the purchase of the site and associated trackbed by the railway trust in 1995, the station was lovingly restored to its 1888 condition. It was officially re-opened on 1 May 1998 by Sir William McAlpine.

Project plans

The station originally had two platforms and a footbridge throughout its heyday, but one of the platforms became disused and the footbridge has been dismantled since closure.

However the E&BASR plans to reconstruct and restore the disused platform, possibly as an island platform which would include a platform 3, and also to rebuild the old station footbridge in order to link both platforms together again. This would return Bolton Abbey station to its former state in the days of the LMS (and BR London Midland Region), especially to what it was right up until the line's closure many years before.

This is all part of the E&BASR's expansion plan(s) to extend the line back down to as far as Addingham, (where a replica LMS style, temporary replacement station, will be built, as part of the proposed project).

Information

The Holywell Halt site is 1.5 miles away from the Bolton Abbey. The station includes:

The ticket office
The gift shop
The coffee shop
The car park
The walking routes

References

1 2 3 4 Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. , p.38

External links

Preceding station	Heritage railways		Following station
Holywell Halt		Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway	Terminus
	Disused railways
Embsay		Midland Railway Skipton to Ilkley Line	Addingham

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