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Wensleydale Railway Heritage Award

Lord Faulkner of Worcester presents 2015 National Railway Heritage Award to the Wensleydale Railway

Lord Faulkner of Worcester presented the 2015 National Railway Heritage Awards at a ceremony held at Merchant Taylors’ Hall in London on Wednesday 2 December 2015.

The purpose of the awards ceremony was “To recognise, acknowledge and reward, for the public benefit, the very best in restoration, conservation and re-use of our historic railway infrastructure.”

The Railway Heritage Trust Conservation Award for the best-restored structure supported by funding from the Trust was won by the Wensleydale Railway Trust for its superb restoration of the small station at Scruton. The restoration work began in 2011, being completed in 2014. The work was carried out largely by the Wensleydale Railway volunteers and with the help of apprentices at Darlington College.

Andy Savage, Trustee of the NRHA and Executive Director of the RHT, said: ‘I am delighted that Scruton Station has won the RHT Conservation Award. The RHT was very happy to support the restoration project, and was most impressed with the quality of the work that the Wensleydale Railway’s volunteers have carried out in restoring this rare survival of a small Victorian station. I was also happy when the NRHA adjudicators chose this project for the RHT conservation award, as this has given the Scruton team well deserved national recognition.’ For further information please contact: Nigel Park, general manager, The Wensleydale Railway, Leeming Bar Station, Leases Lane, Leeming Bar, Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL7 9AR Tel: 01677 425805 Mobile: 07446 381118 Email: generalmanager@wensleydalerailway.com

The Wensleydale Railway line now serves Northallerton West, Leeming Bar, Bedale, Finghall Lane, Scruton, Leyburn and Redmire, a distance of 22 miles.

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