Catterick Bridge station (remains), 1988
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Catterick Bridge station (remains), 1988
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 23 Jun 1988
View westward, towards Richmond: ex-NER (Darlington) - Eryholme Junction - Richmond line. The station, also the Catterick Military Railway which branched off to the SW, served the vast Military Camp - the largest of the British Army, with 12,000 men - and therefore important, even after World War Two, the branch seeing regular Troop and Leave trains. However, it and the line to Richmond were closed to passengers from 3/3/1969 and to goods from 9/2/1970. The track, now a roadway, was lifted in October 1970 (the Goods Yard was the scene of a major explosion of ammunition in February 1944).
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Image Location
Latitude
54.395342
Longitude
-1.654972