Ravenstonedale railway station
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Ravenstonedale railway station was situated on the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway (SD&LUR) between Tebay and Kirkby Stephen East. It served the villages of Ravenstonedale and Newbiggin-on-Lune.
The station was built by the SD&LUR, which was promoted by the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) and was opened on 8 August 1861. It was initially named Newbiggin until it was renamed Ravenstonedale on 1 January 1877.[1] The SD&LUR was merged into the S&DR on 1 January 1863 and the latter was merged into the North Eastern Railway (NER) on 13 July 1863.[2]
The station had two passenger platforms and a small goods siding. The main station building was erected on the northerly (eastbound) side of the line next to the road from Tebay to Ravenstonedale and Kirkby Stephen.[3]
On the railway grouping of 1 January 1923, the NER became part of the London and North Eastern Railway and British Railways North Eastern Region took over the passenger services on nationalization on 1 January 1948.
The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1937 to 1939 and possibly one for some of 1934.[4]
Passenger services were withdrawn and the station closed on 1 December 1952 and the line closed completely on 22 January 1962.[5]