| OTD - 22nd March (1965) - Cononley Station closed, but now reborn Posted by grahame at 05:28, 22nd March 2022 |      |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cononley_railway_station
Cononley railway station serves the village of Cononley in North Yorkshire, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern.
It was originally opened in late 1847, at a cost of £900, by the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway. It was closed on 22 March 1965, though its platforms remained intact and the main buildings survived until the mid-1970s.
It was reopened by British Rail on 20 April 1988 at a cost of £34,000, which was borne by the county, district and local parish councils and the Rural Development Commission.
It was originally opened in late 1847, at a cost of £900, by the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway. It was closed on 22 March 1965, though its platforms remained intact and the main buildings survived until the mid-1970s.
It was reopened by British Rail on 20 April 1988 at a cost of £34,000, which was borne by the county, district and local parish councils and the Rural Development Commission.
I wonder what it would cost to re-open at today's prices - and what those sums of £900 in 1847 and £34,000 in 1988 equate to today.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cononley
With a population of 1,172 (2011 Census), farming is still significant, and there are still a few local businesses. The number of people employed in industry within the village has continued to decline. Part of the working community in the village commute to Skipton and Keighley, and a large number travel long distances, this made possible by frequent electric trains to Leeds and Bradford.
Precovid, passenger journeys were 188,702 per annum - that's around 160 journeys per head of population per annum - a remarkably high number. Which goes to show what can happen with an excellent train service ...
