Bedale railway station
Bedale railway station is on the Wensleydale Railway in Bedale, North Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1855, closed to passengers in 1954, and reopened in 2004 as part of a heritage railway.
It was originally built by the Bedale and Leyburn Railway. At first, Bedale nearly wasn’t on the map, because the plan to run from Leeming to Leyburn could have avoided the town. After local protests, passenger trains began between Northallerton and Leyburn in 1856, and the line later reached Hawes.
The line between Bedale and Leeming was doubled around 1900, but Bedale never got a second platform. The route remained mostly quiet, with only a few trains each way, until passenger services ended in 1954. The Royal Train visited Bedale in 1970 and the platform was updated then. In the 1980s the station buildings were used as a cosmetic oils factory. Goods traffic continued until 1982, and the line was later used by the Ministry of Defence for moving military equipment.
The Wensleydale Railway Company leased the branch in 2003, and passenger services returned in 2004. The station building and the nearby signal box survive today. The signal box is a Grade II listed building (listed since 1993) and is thought to be designed by G. T. Andrews. It is near the Bedale–Aiskew parish boundary, but it sits in the Bedale Conservation area.
Today, trains run between Scruton and Leyburn, though some sections (Scruton to Northallerton and Leyburn to Redmire) are not open to passengers. Most eastbound trains terminate at Leeming Bar. There are plans to rebuild the missing section west of Redmire so trains could run all the way from Northallerton to Garsdale.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 06:10 (CET).