Settle & Carlisle Station Buildings

[RichmondCommu]

Hey everyone,

My husband and I had our first stay in the Yorkshire Dales this summer for the first time in 30 years. Not only did we have ace weather but we also made good use of the S & C. My husband (not a railway enthusiast) remarked that all the stations looked really nice, which of course they are. Can anyone tell me why with the exception of the down platform at Ribblehead all the structures survived after closure in 1970?

Best wishes,

Angela

 

[randyrippley]

Hey everyone,

My husband and I had our first stay in the Yorkshire Dales this summer for the first time in 30 years. Not only did we have ace weather but we also made good use of the S & C. My husband (not a railway enthusiast) remarked that all the stations looked really nice, which of course they are. Can anyone tell me why with the exception of the down platform at Ribblehead all the structures survived after closure in 1970?

Best wishes,

Angela

If you mean line closure.....the line was never closed
Whatever BR may have wanted..........

 

[yorksrob]

With the exception of Settle and Appleby, the stations did actually close. I'm not sure why they survived physically. Some like Crosby Garrett were demolished and didn't reopen.

 

[RichmondCommu]

If you mean line closure.....the line was never closed
Whatever BR may have wanted..........

No I meant the stations other than Appleby and Settle that had survived up until 1970.

 

[RichmondCommu]

With the exception of Settle and Appleby, the stations did actually close. I'm not sure why they survived physically. Some like Crosby Garrett were demolished and didn't reopen.

Was that closed before 1970?

Best wishes,

Angela

 

[yorksrob]

Was that closed before 1970?

Best wishes,

Angela

No, the 1950's that one.

 

[Cowley]

No I meant the stations other than Appleby and Settle that had survived up until 1970.

It makes you wonder if there were some in the higher echelons of BR that thought the S&C wasn’t perhaps as terminally ill as others did..?

 

[RichmondCommu]

It makes you wonder if there were some in the higher echelons of BR that thought the S&C wasn’t perhaps as terminally ill as others did..?

Well that's what I thought. Either that or they were too remote to bother with.

 

[Bevan Price]

Perhaps someone thought they could be sold as holiday homes -- or in some cases, they were so remote that it would cost more to demolish than to leave them intact - provided there was no danger of them collapsing onto the operating lines..

 

[John Webb]

The most detailed description of the stations on the Settle-Carlisle line is "Stations and Structures of the Settle & Carlisle Railway" by V R Anderson and G K Fox. Originally published by the Oxford Publishing Company in 1986 and reprinted 2000 (ISBN 0 86093 360 1), it was reprinted as a 'soft jacket' book, with extra colour photos, several years ago; I've seen it for sale at the Friends of the S&C shop at Settle station.
Crosby Garrett closed to all traffic in 1958, although sidings and signal box remained available for use until 1967. The platforms were cut back by 1964, after demolition of the main station building.
Another book which gives a wider view and history of the S&C than its buildings is "Rails in the Fells" by David Jenkinson, 2nd edition published 1980 (ISBN 0 900586 53 2) by Peco Publications - another excellent read.