effect, including a northbound Sundays only service from the capital. (now implemented – see above). In the long term, SELRAP may achieve their aims of reopening the line to Colne, and it is possible that the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway would be able to extend their services to Skipton in future. Both of these plans would likely result in many changes to the station. Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway Since preservation, it has always been a long-term plan for the preserved Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway to extend into Skipton. The platforms (5 & 6) that went to Ilkley, were made redundant in 1965. However, in the February 2009 edition of railway Today's Railways UK, it was stated that Network Rail had carried out a survey for the reinstatement of the connecting points between the Embsay line and the freight line to Grassington, and the reinstatement of the platform 5 at Skipton. If funding is made available, then the line could be extended. Platform 6 may also be reinstated as a run-round loop as part of the project. Notes References Awdry, C. (1990), Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies, Patrick Stephens Ltd., Wellingborough, Bairstow, M. (2000), The "Little" North Western Railway, Martin Bairstow, Leeds, Binns, D. (1984), Steam in Airedale, Wyvern Publications, Skipton, Smith, F.W. and Bairstow, M. (1992), The Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway, Martin Bairstow, Halifax, Smith, F.W. and Binns, D. (1986), The Skipton & Ilkley Line, Wyvern Publications, Skipton, Suggitt, G. (2004 reprint), Lost Railways of Lancashire, Countryside Books, Newbury, External links Photograph of Skipton railway station platforms Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway – Photos of Skipton Station past & present Railway stations in North Yorkshire DfT Category D stations Craven District Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1847 Northern franchise railway stations Railway stations served by London North Eastern Railway Skipton 1847 establishments in England Charles Trubshaw railway stations Grade II listed buildings in North Yorkshire