Trenholme Bar railway station

The station was opened with the line in 1857 when the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway Company built their line between Picton and Stokesley, but just two years later, the line and stations were taken over by the North Eastern Railway (NER). Whilst the station was situated in a hamlet that had a crossing over a main north–south road (later the A19), it was the nearest railway station for Crathorne to the north and Mount Grace Priory to the south. A derailment occurred some 300 yard east of the station on 7 September 1866. A late-running train that was not due to stop at Trenholme Bar, left the rails and fell to the south side of the running line. The train was believed to have been…