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The station was once part of the Eryholme-Richmond branch line, built by the York and Newcastle Railway in 1846. Like most of the infrastructure of the line, Catterick Bridge station was built in the Tudor Style. On 4 February 1944, an ammunition train exploded in the station whist it was being loaded by four Army Privates. In all twelve people ...
The last fare-paying passenger train to run on the branch from Catterick Camp Centre railway station was on 26 October 1964, though a connection to the base could still be made at Catterick Bridge station on the main branchline. [32] [33] The last train to run from Catterick Camp Centre railway station was on 8 December 1969. [34]
The Catterick Bridge Explosion occurred on 4 February 1944 in the railway sidings at Catterick Bridge station, on the Richmond Branch Line/Catterick Camp Railway in North Yorkshire, England. It killed twelve people and injured more than a hundred.
The sub branch separated near Brompton-on-Swale crossing the River Swale via Catterick Bridge, then from 1922 was diverted onto the new Catterick Railway Bridge, which still stands. The branch then served the Catterick Garrison. The branch and all its stations were closed on 26 October 1964. [7]
Catterick Bridge is a hamlet about 1-mile (1.6 km) north of Catterick, at the south end of Catterick road bridge. The hamlet includes Catterick Racecourse and a few houses. The Sunday market, held at the racecourse, was once the largest of its kind in Northern England. [1] After declining fortunes, the market closed in 2016. [2] [3]
The bridge, in 2009. Catterick Bridge is a historic bridge over the River Swale in North Yorkshire, in England. The bridge was constructed between 1421 and 1425, with funding from William de Burgh and seven other local nobles. In 1505, St Anne's bridge chapel was built to the east of the south end of the bridge. The southern pillar of the ...
Brompton-on-Swale was served by Catterick Bridge railway station until 1969; the station house can be seen just outside the village on the B6271 towards Richmond. [8] [9]
Catterick Bridge, a hamlet and bridge in North Yorkshire; Catterick Bridge railway station, formerly in Brompton-on-Swale, North Yorkshire; Catterick Garrison, British Army garrison near Catterick village in North Yorkshire RAF Catterick, former Royal Air Force base in North Yorkshire; Catterick, Western Australia, a locality in Western Australia