Garsdale railway station
A Class 47 locomotive hauling a diverted InterCity West Coast train passes through the disused station in March 1984 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Garsdale Head, Westmorland and Furness England | ||||
| Coordinates | 54°19′17″N 2°19′35″W / 54.3214617°N 2.3263682°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SD788918 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | GSD | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Midland Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway; British Rail (London Midland Region) | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 August 1876 | Opened as Hawes Junction | ||||
| 20 January 1900 | Renamed Hawes Junction and Garsdale | ||||
| 1 September 1932 | Renamed Garsdale | ||||
| 4 May 1970 | Closed | ||||
| 14 July 1986 | Reopened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 | 15,800 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 2,684 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 12,424 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 14,494 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 15,112 | ||||
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Garsdale is a railway station in Cumbria, England (historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire), on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. The station, situated 51 miles 29 chains (82.7 km) south-east of Carlisle, serves the village of Garsdale and town of Sedbergh in Cumbria, and the market town of Hawes in North Yorkshire. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.