Date: 27/04/2014

A railway station that was lost under trees and brambles when it closed 60 years ago has reopened to the public. Scruton station, on the Wensleydale Heritage Line, closed to passengers on 26 April 1954 before the widespread Beeching closures started in the 1960s. The Wensleydale Railway Trust reopened the line, which runs through the Yorkshire Dales, in 2003. The trust said the £180,000 restoration had returned Scruton station to how it looked when it closed.

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Lost station reopens after 60 years

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A railway station, which was lost under trees and brambles when it closed 60 years ago, reopens to the public.

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The old abandoned station at Scruton, between Northallerton and Leeming Bar, in 1982. View south over the level crossing.
Location: Scruton
Company: Bedale Branch (York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway)
//1982 John McIntyre

Remains at Scruton on 3 October 2008. The former station, closed to passengers in 1954, lies between Northallerton (behind camera) and Leeming Bar, the starting point of the Wensleydale Railway service to Redmire.
Location: Scruton
Company: Bedale Branch (York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway)
03/10/2008 John Furnevel