Wath-in-Nidderdale railway station
{{Short description|Disused railway station in North Yorkshire, England}}
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| address = Wath-in-Nidderdale
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| line = Nidd Valley Light Railway
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| opened = {{Start date|1907|9|11|df=y}} (as Wath)
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| years = February 1908
| events = Renamed Wath-in-Nidderdale
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Wath-in-Nidderdale railway station, was one of two intermediate stations on the Nidd Valley Light Railway, in Wath-in-Nidderdale, Yorkshire, England. The station was opened in September 1907, and closed to passengers in January 1930, however the line remained open until 1936 to transport freight to and from the reservoirs in the Upper Nidd Valley.
History
The station, which was {{convert|1+1/2|mi}} north of Pateley Bridge station,{{cite book |last1=Hoole |first1=K. |title=Railways in the Yorkshire Dales : a pictorial history |date=1985 |publisher=Dalesman |location=Clapham, via Lancaster |isbn=0-85206-826-3 |page=41}} was opened to the public on 12 September 1907, however, a ceremonial opening service for dignitaries, traversed the line the day before, including stops further up past at the reservoir sites.{{sfn|Bowtell|1991|p=105}} Just like {{rws|Lofthouse-in-Nidderdale}} and {{rws|Ramsgill}} stations, Wath was equipped with one platform and a freight loop. Control of the points and signalling was by a ground frame installed on the platform, rather than a signal box.{{cite book |last1=Chapman |first1=Stephen |title=Harrogate & Wetherby |date=2011 |publisher=Bellcode |location=Todmorden |isbn=978-1871233-24-7 |page=57}} The goods shed and separate siding was located east of the station platform, and was accessed by a connection that headed south onto the main running line.{{sfn|Bowtell|1991|p=106}}
Due to a petition by the North Eastern Railway's goods manager, the station was renamed from Wath, to Wath-in-Nidderdale.{{sfn|Bowtell|1991|p=108}} Wath station was staffed by a stationmaster/porter, who had use of the station house,{{sfn|Bowtell|1991|pp=104–105}} but by the early 1920s, the station (along with Ramsgill) became an unstaffed halt,{{cite book |last1=Young |first1=Alan |title=Lost stations of Yorkshire |date=2015 |publisher=Silver Link |location=Kettering |isbn=978-1-85794-438-9 |page=111}} with the goods shed closing, and the station building converted into a house.{{sfn|Bowtell|1991|p=119}} The last passenger trains to call at the station ran on 31 December 1929, with official closure on the following day, 1 January 1930, however the line through the station site remained open for goods traffic until 1936.{{cite book |last1=Bairstow |first1=Martin |title=Railways around Harrogate |date=1986|publisher=M. Bairstow |location=Halifax |isbn=0-9510302-3-X |page=72}}{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Neil |title=The lost railways of Yorkshire's West Riding : Harrogate and the north |date=2014 |publisher=Stenlake |location=Catrine, Ayrshire |isbn=9781840336559 |pages=26–27}}
The two-storey station building is now a private residence.{{cite web |title=WATH (Nidderdale) Conservation Area Character Appraisal |url=https://nidderdaleaonb.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/CAA_Wath_Nidderdale.pdf |website=nidderdaleaonb.org.uk |publisher=Harrogate Borough Council |access-date=12 June 2021 |page=4 |format=PDF |date=20 November 2011}}
References
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- {{cite book |last1=Bowtell |first1=Harold D |title=Lesser railways of the Yorkshire Dales : and the dam builders in the Age of Steam |date=1991 |publisher=Plateway Press |location=Brighton |isbn=1-871980-09-7}}
External links
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- [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3346658 Image of the station building on Geograph]
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{{Railway stations in the Borough of Harrogate}}
Category:Disused railway stations in North Yorkshire
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1907