Barras railway station

Barras
Barras railway station in 1962
Location
Place	Barras
Area	Eden
Operations
Original company	South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	2
History
26 March 1861	Opened
22 January 1962	Closed
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Barras railway station was situated on the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway between Barnard Castle and Kirkby Stephen East.

The station was situated at 1,100 ft altitude and was the highest station in England until Dent station on the nearby Settle and Carlisle Line was opened in 1877. The Stainmore Summit at 1,370 ft lay four miles to the east and the substantial Belah Viaduct was one mile to the southwest.

The station served the villages of Barras, Brough and North Stainmore. It was opened to passenger traffic on 26 March 1861, and closed by British Railways North Eastern Region on 22 January 1962. Freight facilities had been withdrawn on 1 December 1952 and from that date it had been operated as an unstaffed halt for passengers only.

The main station buildings and a small goods yard and siding were constructed on the north side of the line, serving eastbound trains. There was a waiting shelter for passengers which was located on the westbound platform.

In July 2007, the up platform waiting room was removed brick by brick by Stainmore Railway Company volunteers. Materials were subsequently stored at Kirkby Stephen East station, and in 2015 began a new lease of life as part of the new water tower which was built at the railway's headquarters. This project also re-used stone from Mousegill Viaduct, which was in close proximity to Barras station on the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway before being blown up as part of an Army training exercise in 1966.

The British Railways North Eastern Region published passenger timetable for October 1950 showed that four trains called at the station in each direction on weekdays en route from Darlington to Kirkby Stephen.