Hawes railway station
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England
Hawes | |
|---|---|
| Station on heritage railway | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Hawes, North Yorkshire England |
| Coordinates | 54°18′17″N 2°11′34″W / 54.3047°N 2.1929°W |
| Grid reference | SD875899 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| Original company | Midland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 October 1878[1] | Opened |
| 16 March 1959[1] | Closed to passengers |
| April 1964 | Closed to goods traffic |
Hawes railway station served the town of Hawes, in North Yorkshire, England. It was closed in 1959 and now forms part of the Dales Countryside Museum. Since 2015, the museum has rented the building to a business operating a bike shop and, later, a cafe.[2][3]
The station was opened in October 1878 by the Midland Railway (MR), as the terminus of their 6-mile (10 km) branch line from Hawes Junction. The MR branch made an end-on junction there with the North Eastern Railway (NER) line from Northallerton via Bedale, which had been opened as far as Leyburn by 1856 and then extended onwards to Hawes in the summer of 1878. Although the station belonged to the Midland, the NER (and later the London and North Eastern Railway) operated most of the passenger services from there — the MR section being worked as an extension of the service to/from Northallerton. The only exception to this was a single daily return service between Hawes and Hellifield that for much of its life was known by the nickname Bonnyface.[4]
The NER section of the line lost its passenger service in April 1954, but the station retained a nominal service of one train each way from Hawes Junction (by then renamed Garsdale) until final closure to passengers on 16 March 1959. Goods traffic from the Leyburn direction continued until complete closure in April 1964,[5] after which the track was lifted and the buildings left to fall into disrepair.
| Disused railways | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminus | North Eastern Railway | Askrigg Line and station closed | ||
| Garsdale Line closed, station open |
Midland Railway Hawes Branch |
Terminus | ||
| Preceding station |  Heritage railways |
Following station | ||
| Proposed extension | ||||
| Garsdale Terminus |
Wensleydale Railway | Askrigg towards Leeming Bar | ||