Skipton Broughton Road Carriage sidings
{{Short description|Train stabling point in Skipton, North Yorkshire}}
{{use British English|date=October 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox Railway Depot
| name = Skipton Broughton Carriage Sidings
| image = Broughton Road Sidings 1.jpg
| caption = Skipton Broughton Road Carriage Sidings
| location = North Yorkshire, England
| grid_ref_UK = SD9751
| owner = Network Rail
| operator = Northern
| opened =
}}
Skipton Broughton Carriage Sidings are located in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England, on the Airedale Line just west of Skipton station. It derives its name from Broughton Road, which runs parallel to the facility. The sidings are located on the opposite side of the railway to where the former Skipton Engine shed was located, which closed in 1967.{{cite book |last1=Bairstow |first1=Martin |title=Railways through Airedale and Wharfedale |date=2004 |publisher=Bairstow |location=Leeds |isbn=1-871944-28-7 |page=17}}
Prior to the DMU/EMU sidings being opened, the site functioned as a Carriage & Wagon works for the area. It mostly serviced wagons on the Swinden Quarry to Hull and Leeds Hunslet workings, but quite often serviced wagons that had developed faults on the Airedale and the Settle and Carlisle Lines.{{cite journal|last1=Ratcliffe|first1=David|title=Modeller's Guide to Wagon Repair Facilities|journal=Rail Express|date=June 2013|issue=205|page=10|publisher=Mortons Media|location=Horncastle|issn=1466-3562}}
Present
Originally there was a fan of three sidings just west of Skipton Station with a carriage washer before the sidings split off from the connecting line.{{cite book|last1=Jacobs|first1=Gerald|title=Railway track diagrams book 2: Eastern|date=2006|publisher=Trackmaps|location=Bradford-on-Avon|isbn=0-9549866-2-8|page=44A}} This was changed to four sidings (with a full Controlled Emission Toilet (CET) discharge line) in 2012 after services had been strengthened on the Airedale Line.{{cite web|title=Skipton Expansion|last=Wordsworth|first=Nigel|url=http://www.railengineer.uk/2012/02/20/skipton-expansion/|website=Rail Engineer|access-date=5 October 2016|date=20 February 2012}} Class 322 EMUs were transferred from Scotrail to bolster peak time services in the Aire Valley.{{cite web|title=Northern to get Class 322 boost from December|url=https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/general/2011/04/13-northern-to-get-class-322.html|website=Railnews|access-date=5 October 2016|date=13 April 2011}} This resulted in a £3.6 million improvement in the siding space to allow overnight stabling of 14 units.{{cite news|title=Skipton MP Julian Smith praises £3.6million rail spending|url=http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/10035840.Skipton_MP_Julian_Smith_praises___3_6million_rail_spending/|access-date=5 October 2016|work=Craven Herald & Pioneer|date=12 November 2012}}
Rolling Stock
Stabling is provided for Class 158 Sprinters and {{BRC|331}} and {{BRC|333}} EMUs .