Bedale Railway station and Crossing
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Bedale Railway station and Crossing
Image: © roger geach Taken: 1 May 2011
Now the private Wensleydale Railway .The station remained open for goods traffic for many years after the cessation of passenger trains until 1982.The platform and signal box survived .The signal box to supervise the crossing and the last remaining passing loop on the otherwise single track route. Limestone trains from Redmire to the steelworks at Redcar ended in December 1992, but the line was subsequently retained for use by the Ministry of Defence to move sporadic military hardware to and from Catterick Garrison via Redmire.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.289534
Longitude
-1.588264