Bowes railway station

Bowes railway station was situated on the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway between Barnard Castle and Kirkby Stephen East.

Bowes
The remains of Bowes railway station in 1996.
Location
PlaceBowes
AreaCounty Durham
Operations
Original companySD&LUR
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Platforms2
History
8 August 1861Opened
22 January 1962Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

History

The line was opened on 26 March 1861 when a mineral train was run, the line opened to passengers on 8 August 1861 following an opening ceremony the day before.[1][2]

The station served the village of Bowes. The station was host to a camping coach in 1933 and from 1937 to 1939 and possibly also in 1934.[3]

The station was closed by British Railways North Eastern Region on 22 January 1962.[4]

The site today

The station buildings are now (2008) in an extreme state of dereliction. A large farm shed covers a portion of the platforms and yard.

The signal box, which for many years after closure was hidden away inside the farm shed, was dismantled by the Eden Valley Railway on 10 and 11 May 1997,[5] and is in storage, awaiting reconstruction at some future point along their line.

The trackbed westwards of the station (towards Stainmore Summit) is covered by the re-aligned A66 road.

Images
  • Bowes signal box in 1996.
  • The station in 1965
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Barras   South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway   Lartington

References
  1. Quick 2019, p. 85.
  2. "Stockton and Darlington Railway Company. Opening of the South Durham Line, between Barnardcastle and Tebay". Durham Chronicle. 9 August 1861. p. 4. Retrieved 1 June 2020. – via britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (subscription required)
  3. McRae 1997, p. 10.
  4. Quick 2019, p. 63.
  5. "Bowes Signal Box". 'Online' - The Official Journal of the Eden Valley Railway Society (9 ed.). Summer 1997.

Bibliography

Further reading
  • British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas And Gazetteer. Ian Allan Publishing. 1997 [1958]. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3.
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  • Walton, Peter (1992). The Stainmore & Eden Valley Railways. Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-86093-306-7.



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