Horton-in-Ribblesdale

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Horton (1876-1927)
Horton-in-Ribblesdale (1927-1970)
Horton-in-Ribblesdale (1986-)

Station code: HIR National Rail
Opened on the Settle and Carlisle Line (Midland Railway).

Description

This is a two platform station with the main station building on the southbound platforms with a waiting shelter on the northbound platform. Buildings are of the Midland Railway style. The station is approached by a steep station road to the east.

There was a goods yard on a loop on the east side, south of the station.

On the west side, south of the station, a branch ran west to serve Horton Lime Works.

Tags

Station

Aliases

Horton in Ribblesdale

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
05/01/2019




News items

24/02/2022Historic station building on Settle to Carlisle Railway to be turned into holiday let [Yorkshire Post]

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)