Finghall railway station
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Finghall railway station is on the Wensleydale Railway
and serves the village of Finghall
in North Yorkshire
, England
. Adjacent to the station is a manually operated gated crossing on the single track Wensleydale Railway.
The station reopened on Thursday 23 December 2004 after being closed for half a century. Finghall was used in the 1970s by the BBC Television
programme All Creatures Great and Small, but no passengers trains called at the station during that time.
Currently trains operate on a request stop basis whereby if there are passengers on the platform then the train will halt but if there are no passengers the train will continue through without stopping. Passengers wishing to alight at Finghall must inform a member of the train crew and they will take action to ensure the train stops at the station. Only two or three out of the ten trains a day actually halt at Finghall and often this is just to ensure good timekeeping.
Wensleydale Railway
The Wensleydale Railway is a railway line in Wensleydale and Lower Swaledale in North Yorkshire, England and the name of the company that operates services on the line....
and serves the village of Finghall
Finghall
Finghall is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England, with a population of 126. It is located about 4 miles east of Leyburn. The local church is dedicated to St. Andrew.The village pub is the Queens Head....
in North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Adjacent to the station is a manually operated gated crossing on the single track Wensleydale Railway.
The station reopened on Thursday 23 December 2004 after being closed for half a century. Finghall was used in the 1970s by the BBC Television
BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television...
programme All Creatures Great and Small, but no passengers trains called at the station during that time.
Currently trains operate on a request stop basis whereby if there are passengers on the platform then the train will halt but if there are no passengers the train will continue through without stopping. Passengers wishing to alight at Finghall must inform a member of the train crew and they will take action to ensure the train stops at the station. Only two or three out of the ten trains a day actually halt at Finghall and often this is just to ensure good timekeeping.