Threshfield railway station

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Threshfield or Grassington and Threshfield Station, was built in the early part of 1902 for the Midland Railway. The line went off from Embsay Junction, up through the Dales with a stopping station at Rylstone, past the then 'Swinden Lime Works' or nowadays Swinden Quarry and then a further 3 miles to Threshfield Station. The line was built to bring people from bigger cities into the countryside of Threshfield, Grassington, Kettlewell and other villages.

[edit] Embsay Junction

Embsay Junction was built to take trains from Skipton to either Rylstone Station and Threshfield Station. This was single track only as it didn't have many trains going to it. The other direction went across the Dales, with stopping stations at Embsay railway station, Bolton Abbey railway station, Addingham railway station and finally ending up at Ilkley railway station. This was double track to hold the number of trains going along it.

[edit] Info about the station

The Station had two platforms with run round loops for each platform, a goods shed with its own siding and a cattle dock with its own siding. A single track route went off over towards Skierthorns Quarry but only went up to behind the set of terraced houses known as Woodlands Terrace. Here the stone was brought down from the quarry by a means of a tramway. It then got to the terraced houses where it was unloaded and put onto the stone trains.