Date: 12/08/2022

Where people once waited for steam engines at Wensley Station in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, the platform has now been transformed into a picturesque garden overlooking the railway.

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Where people once waited for steam engines at Wensley Station in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, the platform has now been transformed into a picturesque garden overlooking the railway.

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'SHUT THAT DOOR... ' Breakfast disturbance at Wensley station in November 2004 as a DMU on the Wensleydale Railway passes through with a Leeming - Redmire service. The old station closed to passenger traffic in April 1954 and had since been converted to serve as self-catering holiday accommodation. Note the 'Waiting Rooms' (plural) above the door, referring to the public area from which the photograph was taken, together with a second private waiting area off to the left, once reserved for use by family and associates of local landowner Lord Bolton (now used as the main bedroom).
Location: Wensley
Company: Hawes Branch (North Eastern Railway)
01/11/2004 John Furnevel

A westbound train on the Wensleydale Railway about to pass over Wensley station level crossing on its way to Redmire in October 2004.
Location: Wensley
Company: Hawes Branch (North Eastern Railway)
30/10/2004 John Furnevel

A Redmire - Leeming DMU passing the former Wensley station on 3 November 2004. The old station has been converted to a holiday cottage, but with the original railway theme retained. To the left beyond the bay window, now the master bedroom, was the private waiting room once used by local landowner Lord Bolton. The Wensleydale Railway continues to work on restoration of the full 22 mile route from the ECML at Northallerton to the S&C at Garsdale.
Location: Wensley
Company: Hawes Branch (North Eastern Railway)
03/11/2004 John Furnevel

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