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Catterick Bridge railway station was a railway station in North Yorkshire, England.It was built to serve the villages of Brompton-on-Swale and Catterick.The station was near the junction between the main branch line towards Richmond and a sub-branch line called Catterick Camp Military Railway to what is now Catterick Garrison.
The line was opened in 1915 and extended 4.5 miles (7.2 km) from Catterick Bridge station to a railway station in the middle of the garrison called Camp Centre, climbing steeply in its first 3 miles (5 km) at a gradient of 1-in-50, then 1-in-46.
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.
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]
Catterick Camp railway station was a terminus station on the Eryholme-Richmond branch line until its closure in 1964; the closest mainline railway stations are now at Northallerton and Darlington; they are equidistant, at 15.9 miles (25.6 km) south-east and north-east respectively.
The station opened together with the line in 1915 and was also known in timetables as Catterick Bridge. It was situated just south of Catterick Bridge goods yard and had a timber platform, a small booking office and a ground frame. Passengers changing trains here had to walk a short distance to or from Catterick Bridge station, through troop ...
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, 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