Eryholme-Richmond branch line

The Eryholme-Richmond branch line was opened in 1846 by the York and Newcastle Railway Company. The original section of the line ran from between a point in between Darlington and Northallerton on what is now the East Coast Main Line and the terminus at Richmond railway station.

Eryholme-Richmond branch line
Legend East Coast Main Line Darlington Bank Top Croft Spa Eryholme East Coast Main Line Moulton Scorton Catterick Bridge Brompton Road Halt Richmond Colburn Sidings Catterick Camp Power House

Nature taking over the trackbed between Moulton End and Scorton, May 2007

Catterick sub branch

Catterick railway bridge

Catterick railway bridge as seen from the road bridge

The start of the First World War saw the hasty construction of a sub branch line to Catterick Camp (now Catterick Garrison) which opened in 1915. The sub branch separated near Brompton-on-Swale crossing the River Swale via Catterick Railway Bridge, which still stands parallel to the stone bridge that gives the settlement of Catterick Bridge its name. The branch then served the Catterick Garrison.

Closure

The line and its sub branch survived the Beeching cuts of the early 1960s largely thanks to extensive use by the military. The line only survived a few years before succumbing to closure in 1969.

See also

• List of closed railway lines in Great Britain
• List of closed railway stations in Britain

Sources

• A.J.Ludlam, (1993). The Catterick Camp Military Railway and the Richmond Branch. The Oakwood Press.  ISBN 0-85361-438-5

External links

• Richmond area showing both lines on navigable 1947 O. S. map