Wensleydale Railway

Wensleydale Railway
Tornado at Newton-le-Willows in May 2019
Locale	North Yorkshire
Commercial operations
Name	Wensleydale Railway
Original gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Preserved operations
Operated by	Wensleydale Railway plc
Stations	7
Length	22 miles (35 km)
Preserved gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Commercial history
Opened	between 1848 & 1878
Closed to passengers	26 April 1954
Closed	1992
Preservation history
Headquarters	Leeming Bar

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Legend
East Coast Main Line Northallerton Northallerton West Ainderby River Swale Scruton Leeming Bar A1(M) Bedale Crakehall Jervaulx Finghall Constable Burton Spennithorne Leyburn Wensley Redmire Aysgarth Askrigg Hawes Appersett Viaduct 108 yards (99 m) Mossdale Head Tunnel 245 yards (224 m) Garsdale Settle–Carlisle line

The Wensleydale Railway is a heritage railway in Wensleydale and Lower Swaledale in North Yorkshire, England. It was built in stages by different railway companies and originally extended to Garsdale railway station on the Settle-Carlisle line. Since 2003, the remaining line has been run as a heritage railway. The line runs 22 miles (35 km) between Northallerton West station, about a fifteen-minute walk from Northallerton station on the East Coast Main Line, and Redmire.

Regular passenger services operate between Leeming Bar and Redmire, with a shuttle to Scruton, occasional freight services and excursions travel the full length of the line.

The line formerly ran from Northallerton to Garsdale on the Settle-Carlisle Railway but the track between Redmire and Garsdale has been lifted and several bridges have been demolished, although one of the stated aims of the Wensleydale Railway is to reinstate the line from Redmire to Garsdale. Additionally, a separate proposal exists to link Hawes to Garsdale with a view to providing commuter and tourist services rather than heritage services.