Trenholme Bar railway station
{{Short description|Disused railway station in North Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Trenholme Bar
| status = Disused
| image =
| borough = North Yorkshire
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|54.4386|-1.3235|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|NZ439050|25|NZ439050}}
| platforms = 2
| original = North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway
| pregroup = North Eastern Railway
| postgroup = London and North Eastern Railway
| years = April 1857
| events = Station opened
| years1 = 14 June 1954
| events1 = Closed to passengers
| years2 = 1 December 1958
| events2 = Closed completely
}}
Trenholme Bar railway station was a railway station built to serve the hamlet of Trenholme Bar in North Yorkshire, England. The station was on the North Yorkshire and Cleveland's railway line between {{rws|Picton|England}} and {{rws|Stokesley}}, which opened in 1857. The line was extended progressively until it met the Whitby & Pickering Railway at {{rws|Grosmont}}. Trenholme Bar station was closed in 1954 to passengers and four years later to goods. The station was located {{convert|9|mi}} south of Stockton, and {{convert|10|mi}} west of Battersby railway station.
The A19 trunk road now runs through part of the station site.
History
File:Peter Hill Bridge, Trenholme Lane - geograph.org.uk - 81293.jpg
The station was opened with the line in 1857 when the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway Company built their line between Picton and Stokesley,{{cite book|last1=Hoole|first1=K|title=Railways of the North York Moors : a pictorial history|date=1983|publisher=Dalesman Books|location=Clapham|isbn=0-85206-731-3|page=20|chapter=3: Battersby - Grosmont}} but just two years later, the line and stations were taken over by the North Eastern Railway (NER).{{cite book|last1=Burgess|first1=Neil|title=The Lost Railways of Yorkshire's North Riding|date=2011|publisher=Stenlake|location=Catrine|isbn=9781840335552|page=8}} Whilst the station was situated in a hamlet that had a crossing over a main north–south road (later the A19),{{cite web |title=Trenholme {{!}} As described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887) |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/2039770 |website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk |accessdate=14 January 2020}}{{cite web |title=TRENHOLME {{!}} As described in John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/904930 |website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk |accessdate=14 January 2020}} it was the nearest railway station for Crathorne to the north and Mount Grace Priory to the south.{{cite web |title=Genuki: CRATHORNE: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1890., Yorkshire (North Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Crathorne/Crathorne90 |website=www.genuki.org.uk |accessdate=14 January 2020 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Lefroy |first1=William Chambers |title=The Ruined Abbeys of Yorkshire |date=1891 |publisher=Seeley & Co |location=London |page=194|oclc=1065155900}}
A derailment occurred some {{convert|300|yard}} east of the station on 7 September 1866.{{cite web |title=Accident at Trenholme Bar on 7th September 1866 |url=https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_TrenholmeBar1866.pdf |website=railwaysarchive.co.uk |accessdate=14 January 2020 |page=83 |format=PDF}} A late-running train that was not due to stop at Trenholme Bar, left the rails and fell to the south side of the running line. The train was believed to have been travelling at between {{convert|30|mph}} and {{convert|35|mph}} at the time.{{cite news |title=The Fatal Railway Accident near Stockton |work=The Leeds Mercury |issue=8,864 |date=10 September 1866 |page=3|oclc=751697369}} It caused some injuries and two deaths, with the bodies being moved to an inn at nearby Hutton Rudby, where an inquest was opened soon afterwards. The Board of Inquiry found that the engine was a goods engine which was too heavy for the line it was on and it was stated that "...the permanent way was unable to withstand the strain thus put upon it."{{cite news |last1=Lloyd |first1=Chris |title=Inquest over railway accident |url=https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/lookingback/14734012.inquest-over-railway-accident/ |accessdate=14 January 2020 |work=Darlington and Stockton Times |date=9 September 2016 |language=en}}
Bradshaw's timetable of 1877 shows five out and back workings between Stockton railway station and Whitby, with connections advertised in Middlesbrough.{{Internet Archive|id=bradshawsgeneral1877unse|name=Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation Guide 1877|page=226}} The timetable of 1906 shows that the station had six services eastbound from Stockton railway station towards {{rws|Stokesley}}, with five going all the way to {{rws|Whitby}} and one terminating at Battersby railway station. Return services were just five a day with four coming from Whitby. The other service from Whitby reversed at Battersby and went to Stockton via {{rws|Middlesbrough}} railway station.{{Internet Archive|id=Bradshaw1906|name=Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation Guide 1906|page=323}} By 1946, eight years before closure, the service was down to just three stopping services each way per day, with most of the services from Whitby to Stockton reversing at Battersby and going via Middlesbrough.{{Internet Archive|id=1946JuneBradshawsRailwayTimetable-BritishIsles|name=Bradshaw's Official Guide for Great Britain and Ireland 1946|page=445}}
The station was furnished with a small goods yard on the south side of the line. It had three sidings, one with a coal depot.{{cite web |title=Explore georeferenced maps - Map images - National Library of Scotland |url=https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=54.4393&lon=-1.3245&layers=168&b=1 |website=maps.nls.uk |accessdate=14 January 2020}} The station closed in June 1954.{{cite web |last1=Quick |first1=Michael |title=Railway Passenger Stations in England, Scotland and Wales; a Chronology |url=https://rchs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Railway-Passenger-Stations-v5.01-2.pdf |website=rchs.org.uk |accessdate=14 January 2020 |page=402 |format=PDF |date=2019}} When the A19 road was widened in the 1970s, the dual carriageway took up some of the former station site.{{cite web |title=Disused Stations: Trenholme Bar Station |url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/t/trenholme_bar/ |website=www.disused-stations.org.uk |accessdate=14 January 2020}}
References
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External links
{{Disused Rail Start}}
{{rail line|previous=Picton
Line and station closed |next={{rws|Potto}}
Line and station closed |route=NER
Picton-Battersby Line |col={{NER colour}} }}
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{{Railway stations in Hambleton District}}
Category:Disused railway stations in North Yorkshire
Category:Former North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom) stations
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1857
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1958