Nidd Bridge railway station

Nidd Bridge railway station served the villages of Ripley and Nidd in North Yorkshire (then in the West Riding of Yorkshire), England from 1848 to 1964 on the Leeds-Northallerton Railway.

Nidd Bridge
View south from the former level crossing. Former station building with modern extensions.
General information
Location	Nidd, North Yorkshire England
Coordinates	54.034262°N 1.543382°W / 54.034262; -1.543382
Grid reference	SE300599
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Leeds Northern Railway
Pre-grouping	Leeds Northern Railway North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER British Railways (North Eastern)
Key dates
1 June 1848 (1848-06-01)	Opened as Ripley
1 June 1862	Name changed to Nidd Bridge
18 June 1962	Closed to passengers
10 August 1964 (1964-08-10)	Closed completely
Location

History

The station was opened as Ripley station on 1 June 1848 by the Leeds and Thirsk Railway. It was situated on the south side of the road from Ripley to Knaresborough, now the B6165. The goods yard was behind the down platform, which consisted of four sidings. One passed through the goods yard, one served a 5-ton crane and two docks, one was alongside the line and the goods line and the other was behind the down platform. Until the Nidd Valley Railway was opened in 1862, the station was the railhead for Nidderdale, and a horsebus ran from the station to Pateley Bridge.^[1]

Its name was changed to Nidd Bridge on 1 June 1862, when a new station was opened nearer Ripley (on the new Nidd Valley Railway), and was named Ripley station (later renamed Ripley Valley station). It cost £411 for this change to happen. The main freight handled at the station was timber (155 tons). 105 wagons of livestock were also dispatched in 1911. The station was closed to passengers on 18 June 1962^[2] and to goods traffic on 10 August 1964.^[3]