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The station was built as a through station with further extensions into the dales in mind. It was therefore located a little
way from Grassington, in Threshfield. Grassington & Threshfield station was completely closed in 1969. The site has since
been cleared and developed into a housing estate with no room for the Railway. If at some point in the future the line was
to return, the new station would have to be built elsewhere, probably closer to the town it was intended to serve. Despite losing
regular passenger services on 22nd September 1930, the station continued to be popular with excursion traffic until the 1960s.
The last such excursion was operated in 1969 by the then Embsay & Grassington Railway Preservation Society. A start was
made demolishing the line from Swinden Limeworks to Grassington the next day.
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4F 0-6-0 No. 44547 on arrival at Grassington with an excursion train from Leeds via Ilkley, reversing at Embsay Junction with
a fresh engine. Whit Monday 21st May 1956.
(c) F.W.Smith.
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4F 0-6-0 No. 43893 awaiting departure from Grassington on Whit Monday, 21st May 1956.
(c) F.W.Smith.
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4F 0-6-0 No.44579 at the buffer stops at Grassington after arriving with an excursion from Bradford Forster Square - 18th
April 1960.
(c) Jack Smith.
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Arrival of excursion from Bradford Forster Square at Grassington behind 44579 (having taken over at Embsay Junction) - 18th
April 1960.
(c) Jack Smith.
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4F 0-6-0 No.44277 arriving with excursion from Huddersfield at Grassington (via Leeds and Skipton). No.44277 took over the
train at Skipton - 18th April 1960.
(c) Jack Smith.
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1963 saw 'The Dalesman Railtour' visit Grassington behind K4 'The Great Marquess', having already passed through Bolton
Abbey and Embsay, reversing at Embsay Junction. Here the railtour stands at Grassington, ready for the return leg of the trip.
(c) YDRMT Collection.
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A general view of the station on the 14th of June 1962, with 4F No.44468 with a brakevan sitting in the platform, presumably
on the branch pick-up goods working. The posts for the cast iron sign are still in existence today (2006), even though the
rest of the station has been swept away.
(c) H.B.Priestley, YDRMT Collection.
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Grassington and Threshfield station in the last years of its existence. It had originally been built as a through station, but
the planned extension which would have seen it continue on up to a junction at Hawes came to nothing. 30/03/1964.
(c) G.Lumb.
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43014 moves out of the headshunt in the process of running round the train it has just brought up the branch. 30/03/1964.
Whilst the whole of the station site has been obliterated by a housing development since closure, the shop ove the road,
which would have had to be demolished to make way for the proposed extension, is still in situ and in use! The remains of the
second platform are evident behind the loco. 30/03/1964.
(c) G.Lumb.
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43014 runs round (or maybe is involved in a spot of shunting?) at the terminus. Several specials must have visited the line
on this day as there are more carriages visible in the sidings to the left. The running-in board reads simply 'Grassington',
the 'and Threshfield' having dropped off at some point. 30/03/1964.
(c) G.Lumb.
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The special is ready to depart once more, with 43014 at the head. Grassington station was never ideally situated - the town
is located to the right in this picture, on the other side of the river and at the top of a hill! 30/03/1964.
(c) G.Lumb.
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75042 at Grassington with a pick-up goods - 6th October 1965.
(c) Jack Smith.
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Class 4 4-6-0 No.?unknown? on a trip to Grassington. Seen here shunting at the station throat, just outside the
signalbox.
(c) Malcolm Roughley, F.W.Smith Collection.
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Class 4 4-6-0 No.?unknown? on a trip to Grassington. Looking the other way with the goods shed still in existence.
(c) Malcolm Roughley, F.W.Smith Collection.
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Grassington station seen here from the rear, showing that the only entrances to the building were from the platform.
(c) F.W.Smith.
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Grassington station viewed from the platform, looking towards Rylstone, showing hte temporary nature of the buildings by
their lightweight construction.
(c) F.W.Smith.
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Grassington station, looking the other way along the platform, showing the open gable which the buildings had in common
with those on the Derwent Valley railway.
(c) F.W.Smith.
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Taken in 1969, shortly before the track was lifted, this picture shows Grassington station looking towards the proposed
extension that never happened. To the very right of the photo, the signalbox can just be seen in its new location whilst
it was being used by the Mountain Rescue team.
(c) YDRMT Collection.
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A modern-day image of Grassington station showing a comparative view with the previous shot. The building at the end of the
line survives, but the station itself is a housing estate.
(c) Tim Warner.
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