Garsdale

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Hawes Junction (1876-1900)
Hawes Junction and Garsdale (1900-1932)
Garsdale (1932-1970)
Garsdale (1986-)

Station code: GSD National Rail
Where: North West England, England
Opened on the Settle and Carlisle Line (Midland Railway).
Opened on the Hawes Branch (Midland Railway).

Description

This is a two platform station. Midland Railway style buildings remain on the platforms and there is a fine signal box.

To the north of the station was formerly the junction for Hawes. To serve this the southbound platform had a further face. The trackbed of this now lifted line is a car park.

Tags

Station junction




Chronology Dates

  /  /1878Hawes Branch (Midland Railway)
Opened from Hawes Junction (now Garsdale) to Hawes.
  /10/1878Hawes Branch (North Eastern Railway)
Opened for passengers to meet the Hawes Branch (Midland Railway) over which the North Eastern Railway had running powers to Hawes Junction (now Garsdale). Built as a single track line.
  /  /1959Hawes Branch (Midland Railway)
Hawes to Garsdale closed.

News items

10/12/2021Railway restoration for historic Settle to Carlisle signal box [Network Rail]
10/06/2021Historic signal box restoration on picturesque Settle to Carlisle line [Network Rail]
24/03/2018Railway back on right track for future after station sale decision [Yorkshire Post]
06/06/2010Garsdale's wonderful railway [Northern Echo feature]
20/03/2009Reopening of Garsdale station [Network Rail]

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The Lake Counties v. 14 (Regional Railway History)

An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways

Carlisle (Rail Centres)
Line by Line - the Settle & Carlisle
Midlands & North West (Railway Track Diagrams)

On Either Side - the Settle-Carlisle Line: A guide for rail travellers on the Leeds-Settle-Carlisle line: 4

The Leeds, Settle & Carlisle Railway: The Midland Route to Scotland

The Line That Refused to Die

The Settle and Carlisle Line: A Nostalgic Trip Along the Whole Route from Hellifield to Carlisle (British Railways Past and Present Companion)