We Accidentally Found a Hidden Tunnel amp Quarry on Skipton to Colne Railway

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I start off in Skipton in Yorkshire and head down a disused line towards Colne in Lancashire. On the way Oliver and I discover an abandoned Limestone quarry served by the Skipton to Colne railway line. • The line is mainly in Lancashire albeit serving both counties. Skipton station opened in October 1848, part of the Leeds and Bradford Railway's Shipley to Colne extension and at a cost of £67,000. • With the East Lancashire Railway reaching Colne from Burnley in February 1849 and the completion of the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston railway in April 1849, a through route from Leeds to Liverpool was then established. • Stations between Skipton and Colne were built at Elslack, Thornton-in-Craven, Earby and Foulridge. A branch from Earby to Barnoldswick was opened in 1871. • We both venture off along the line to discover what's left to find as the Line never gained ‘Trans-Pennine’ Status and the Skipton–Colne line was not listed for closure as part of Dr Beeching's 1963 The Reshaping of British Railway's report, however the line closed in February 1970 with the Barnoldswick branch having earlier closed in September 1965. • Script notes and photographs: https://www.nodrog.uk/skipton-to-coln... • Book reference: Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt: https://amzn.to/3wR3MR8 • Nodrog ©️

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