Ripon's railway station was one of around 2,300 stations closed during the rail reforms of the 1960s. Despite opposition, the closure marked the end of the Harrogate-Ripon-Northallerton railway line.

The closure of Ripon Station, leaving the city without rail connections, was vigorously opposed at the time, but Beeching believed that passengers would instead join the East Coast Main Line at ...

It is 50 years ago this month that Ripon railway station closed. Half a century on, a campaign to reconnect the North Yorkshire cathedral city to the railway network is gathering steam. Peter ...

Ripon railway station was opened on June 1, 1848, by the Leeds and Thirsk Railway - and it was briefly visited by Prince Edward and Princess Alexandra on August 11, 1866, when they went to Studley ...

Half a century ago it was Ripon railway station - a link between the cathedral city and the outside world. But after Beeching's axe fell passenger services stopped in 1967, and freight followed in ...

Ripon's railway station was one of around 2,300 stations closed during the rail reforms of the 1960s. Despite opposition, the closure marked the end of the Harrogate-Ripon-Northallerton railway line.

Half a century ago it was Ripon railway station - a link between the cathedral city and the outside world. But after Beeching's axe fell passenger services stopped in 1967, and freight followed in ...