Coordinates: 53°58′30″N 1°59′28″W / 53.975°N 1.991°W / 53.975; -1.991
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| Locale | Embsay, North Yorkshire, England |
| Terminus | Embsay |
| Commercial operations | |
| Name | Skipton to Ilkley Line |
| Built by | Midland Railway |
| Original gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Preserved operations | |
| Operated by | Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway |
| Stations | 3 |
| Length | 4 miles (6 km) |
| Preserved gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Commercial history | |
| Opened | 1888 |
| Closed | 1965 |
| Preservation history | |
| 1968 | Railway Preservation Society formed |
| 1979 | Embsay railway station re-opened |
| 1981 | Railway line re-opens officially |
| 1982 | DMU special operated skipton to embsay (prior to embsay JCT removal) |
| 1986 | Embsay railway station (then footbridgeless) appeared in Yorkshire Television sitcom In Loving Memory. |
| 1987 | Holywell Halt opens |
| 1988 | Embsay railway station celebrated 100 years of the station itself. |
| 1991 | Heritage line re-opens to and Stoneacre opens. |
| 1995 | Price & Ownership for Bolton Abbey extension project agreed. |
| 1997 | Trains return to Bolton Abbey |
| 1998 | Bolton Abbey railway station re-opens officially. |
| 1999 | Heritage Railway awarded in National Railway Heritage Awards. |
| 2011 | E&BASR Granted by Heritage Lottery Fund to and for electric autocar restoration |
| Headquarters | Embsay |
The Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway (E&BASR) is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England, (formed in 1968 and re-opened in 1979).
It is part of the former Midland Railway route from Skipton to Ilkley (which was closed down by British Railways in 1965 14 years earlier).
The E&BASR currently runs for a total distance of 4 miles (6 km) from Embsay via Draughton Sidings, Holywell and Stoneacre Loop to Bolton Abbey station.
The railway has a long-term objective to extend the line in both directions south to the West Yorkshire village of Addingham and north towards the North Yorkshire market town of Skipton (where the E&BSR could one day interchange with services on the Airedale Line).
Read more about Embsay And Bolton Abbey Steam Railway: Overview, Media Appearances, The Route, Vintage Carriages
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“The Abbey always reminds me of that old toast, “Above lofty timbers, the walls around are bare, echoing to our laughter, as though the dead were there.””
—Garrett Fort (1900–1945)
“The windows were then closed and the steam turned on. There was a sign up saying that no one could smoke, but you couldn’t help it. You were lucky if you didn’t burst into flames.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)
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