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Ribblehead Viaduct

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Ribblehead Viaduct
Ribblehead Viaduct
Ribblehead Viaduct
Ribblehead Viaduct
Ribblehead Viaduct
Ribblehead Viaduct
Ribblehead Viaduct
Ribblehead Viaduct
Ribblehead Viaduct
Ribblehead Viaduct
Ribblehead Viaduct
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Ribblehead Viaduct
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Ribblehead Viaduct
Ribblehead Viaduct
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Ribblehead Viaduct
Ribblehead Viaduct
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Ribblehead Viaduct
Ribblehead Viaduct
Ribblehead Viaduct
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Ribblehead, Ingleton, Yorkshire Dales National Park LA6 3AS, England

Ribblehead railway station is located at the southern end of the famous Ribblehead Viaduct in North Yorkshire, England. It is operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders.It was reopened in 1986 by British Rail with only one platform in place - the northbound one having been demolished after the station's original closure in May 1970 to allow for the construction of transfer sidings for a nearby quarry . A replacement second platform was opened in 1993 a short distance south of the original site. In previous years, Ribblehead served as a meteorological station, with the stationmaster transmitting coded reports to the Air Ministry. In 1957, the task was carried out by a former Royal Air Force navigator. Monthly services were held in the station's waiting room by the Vicar of Ingleton. These were accompanied by a harmonium concealed behind a billboard in the waiting room, which was brought to the station by a missionary who came as a minister to the construction gangs when the railway was being constructed through the moors in the early 1870s. British Rail charged 2 shillings for the use of the waiting room, which saw as many as 50 worshippers at harvest festivals.This station is now leased by the Settle and Carlisle Railway Trust, who have completely restored and refurbished it . There are resident caretakers, holiday accommodation, a small shop selling memorabilia, and its Visitor Centre includes exhibits about the history of the line and the fight to keep it open. One exhibit in the Visitor Centre is the original station sign and a small exhibition about the Midland Railway company, builders of the line and originally the train operators.
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