Oxenhope station on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
Oxenhope station on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway (KWVR).
The KWVR is a standard gauge branch line which joins the national railway network at Keighley in the north east of England and runs 5-miles up the Worth Valley to Oxenhope.
Other stations on the Line are at Ingrow, Damems, Oakworth (location of the film 'The Railway Children') and Haworth (the former home of the Brontë family).
The Railway is perhaps most famous for its role in the 1970 film version of Edith Nesbit's story The Railway Children. The famous film starred the wonderful actresses Sally Thomsett and Jenny Agutter, as well as Bernard Cribbins and Dinah Sheridan.
The decision to recreate the atmosphere of a 1950s branch line has been hugely popular, not least with film makers and TV producers. Over the years, the Railway has appeared in many TV and film productions including Sherlock Holmes, Last of the Summer Wine, Treasure Hunt, Sons and Lovers, Poirot, Born and Bred, The Royal, Where The Heart Is, A Touch Of Frost and Pink Floyd's The Wall.
The railway is justifiably proud that its painstaking attention to detail pays off so handsomely. It is a railway for all seasons, where winter visitors can see the stations bathed in gaslight and warm themselves in front of the coal fires in the waiting rooms. In summer, the station gardens are alive with blooms. Kingfishers, herons and dippers can be seen in the adjacent streams.
Just minutes walk from the village centre Oxenhope station was once bustling. However, after the cuts imposed by Second World War this service was never fully restored. The station became unstaffed in 1955, with the station master for the line being based at Haworth.
When the railway closed in 1961 Oxenhope had just one coal siding. There was no longer any track into the stone goods shed adjoining the platform. It has changed dramatically since. Inside the station there is now a shop where the booking office used to be in BR days and the booking office has now moved across the booking hall to the former station masters office.
The area beyond the buffers was landscaped to make a car park which has been paved in sets with the help of a joint initiative with Bradford Council. In 1970 the 'White Shed' opened, a double-track extension to the original goods warehouse and you can see it adjoining the platform. It was originally intended as a locomotive running shed but it was decided that this should remain at Haworth and it has since become used for carriage restoration.
Since the late 1970s Oxenhope has been used as the base for operational coaches. The three-road Green Shed, which you see on your right as you enter the booking office from the car park, opened in two stages in 1971 and 1973. This shed provides a home mainly for locomotives which are out-of-traffic long-term but which are in sufficiently good external condition to appear as static exhibits.
In 1982 a buffet car was purchased from BR and positioned permanently between the goods shed and the station building with access from the platform.
The video here is some footage of the steam trains and various sights and sounds at Oxenhope station, which I shot on the 6th June 2010. The video is best viewed at a high resolution; and, if you want to hear the various steam engine noises, with the sounds turned up to high.
Enjoy, then go to the railway and spend a brilliant day there.
With many thanks
Simon Flory
Badger Specialist
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oxenhope station
Recorded on February 18, 2012 using a Flip Video camera.
The Railway Children (1970) Location - Bents Farm, Bents, Oxenhope, Keighley, BD22 9RR
The Three Chimneys, the children's country home
Oxenhope Railway Station and Museum (Keighley and Worth Valley Railway) - 22nd April, 2012 (1080 HD)
Oxenhope railway station serves the village of Oxenhope, near Haworth, and within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District of West Yorkshire, England. It is the terminus of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, with trains to Haworth and Keighley.
Oxenhope was not in the original plans for the railway, with Haworth being the proposed terminus. However, a local mill owner successfully campaigned for the railway to be extended to Oxenhope, and the station opened in 1867, as the railways terminus. On the original plans the railway was to extend into Lowertown, and there is still a bridge (used as a road bridge) which was constructed as part of the railway to allow this, however it was decided to terminate the railway at its current location.
As with the rest of the line, it was closed in 1962 under the Beeching Axe, but was re-opened when the line was preserved in 1968. It now houses an exhibition shed, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, where some of the locomotives that are not currently used on the line are stored. There is also a station shop, buffet and a car park, and links with local bus services to Bradford and Hebden Bridge.
When the railway was reopened, it was envisaged that as the terminus of the line, Oxenhope would be the ideal place to base the locomotive department. To this end, the goods shed was extended with a two road building including an inspection pit.
However, the locomotive department once happily settled in Haworth never moved, so the intended locomotive shed is now the headquarters of the railway's Carriage & Wagon department, boasting workshop facilities, carriage lifting jacks and extensive stores.
Thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, there is now also a large two road, twelve coach 'running shed' used to stable to coaches normally used on service trains. It also has facilities for servicing coaches and provides a more hospitable environment for light maintenance.
Also located at Oxenhope is the railways 'Beer Store'. When the railway reopened, it boasted the facility to serve 'Real Ale' on board trains as a Jibe at British Rail, who were unable to do so on their new Inter City Buffet Cars. Because normal cask ale cannot be used on a train (the movement would shake up the sediment in the barrel and result in an undrinkable pint), the beer is stored at Oxenhope and decanted into containers for use on trains.
Recently, this part of the railway has grown almost explosively, with an annual 'Beer & Music Festival' now a firm fixture in the railway's calendar. Held in late October, what started out as a weekend event is now a three or four day extravaganza, with four days worth of live music, consistently boasting over 100 different beers to choose from. However, to some degree the event is a victim of its own success. Despite hiring in extra catering and toilet facilities, congestion is an issue and it is not unknown for emergency orders of extra beer being necessary on the Saturday to prevent the Sunday being a dry event.
Footage taken from the platform of Oxenhope Station, featuring the buffet car, which is a disused railway carriage, and also of 25059 in the station.
This footage also features footage within the new Heritage Lottery Fund-supported exhibition shed, which contains locomotives and carriages not currently in use and explains their history and that of the line as a whole.
Midland 4F 0-6-0 locomotive Oxenhope Station
Short clip of Midland 4F 0-6-0 departing Oxenhope Station, Worth Valley Railway.
USATC S160 95820 - Keighley and Worth Valley Railway - Oxenhope Station
United States of America Transportation Corporation (USATC) S160 2-8-0 number 95820 'Big Jim' at Oxenhope Station on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway taking water and reversing ready for departure with the 13.20 'Mince Pie Special' on Saturday 30th December 2017.
Click on the following link for the history of this steam locomotive:
Railway Children Perilous Ride The Keighley and Worth Valley Steam Train Oakworth Oxenhope
Steam Engines . The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway is a 5-mile-long heritage railway line in the Worth Valley, West Yorkshire, England, which runs from Keighley to Oxenhope. It connects to the national rail network at Keighley railway station and is in the heart of Bronte Country . We emarked at Oxenhope Station after visiting the local football club .
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway | Haworth England By Steam Train
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway: In this UK travel vlog we hop on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway to visit Haworth, England - a beautiful West Yorkshire village famed for being home of the Bronte Sisters - by steam train. After discovering what you can do with an afternoon in Haworth (what to see and where to eat and drink) we visit the Rail Story in Ingrow, which is included in the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway day rover ticket.
The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway runs both diesel and steam trains along a 4 and a half mile line. By purchasing a day rover you can not only ride the line as many times as you like, but you have the choice to visit different stations along the way: Haworth, Ingrow, Oxenhope, Damems & Oakworth (which was a filming location of The Railway Children!).
If you would like to jump to a particular section of this travel guide, please see below:
Catching the steam train from Keighley: 00:08
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Money Saving Tip: 00:44
Haworth (central park & main street): 01:23
Haworth Steam Brewery: 03:56
Bronte Parsonage: 04:54
Oxenhope: 06:11
Ingrow Rail Story: 07:00
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Timetable:
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Thanks for joining us on our day trip on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway steam train to Haworth! We highly recommend it if you are visiting England :)
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway | Haworth, England by Steam Train Transcript:
Where we going? Haworth! How we getting there? Steam train!
If you like steam trains pretty villages and beautiful countryside then the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway could be right up your street. Originally built in 1867 and set in the heart of Bronte Country, the railway is almost 5 miles long and has six different stations you can stop at. The standard day rover ticket cost 18 pounds however if you travel to Keighley by train rather than car you can buy it as an add-on for 12 pounds. We then also applied our two
together rail card discount on top of this which brought the cost down to 7 pounds 90.
We're in Haworth! We join the onlookers to bid farewell to the steam train before leaving the station and heading towards Main street. Rather than heading directly to Main
Street we turn left to take the scenic route through Haworth Central Park
We're walking up to the Main Street in Haworth and we're going in via this little park
which is really pretty. There's lots of flowers and there's some
sort of sculpture over there which we're going to take a look at. It's made of 2p's!
Haworth is a picturesque Yorkshire village set at the edge of the moors and is famed for been home of the Bronte sisters. Filled with cobble streets, charming cottages and independent shops, Haworth is a popular destination for tourists.
There are so many different types of shops on this street: jewellery, plants and ornaments, paintings, clothes, woodcraft, aromatherapy oils, miscellaneous gifts, books and records, clocks, guitars, sweets, and chocolates and we just got free sample!
We googled where was good to go for lunch in Haworth and this came up so this is where we're going to go. Sat at the top of Main Street, Haworth Steam Brewery is a micro brewery. It
It also offers home-cooked food an extensive list of gins. [...]
The Bronte parsonage is the former home of the Bronte family and the place where the Bronte sisters wrote their famous novels. you can now visit the parsonage museum to view the collection of family belongings including books letters household items and personal possessions.
We're heading back to the train station now. We're getting that one to Oxenhope.
We're on the train again! As Oxenhope is at the end of the line you can get off the train and watch the steam engine detached from the carriages and turn around before you leave.
Our final stop of the day was Ingrow. Your day Rover ticket allows you free entry to the Railway Museum here you can view walk around and sit in Victorian and Edwardian carriages.
We were just chatting to a guy down there who works here who is saying to look out for
all the plaques that are on these carriages as a lot them were used in films and
TV shows and it tells you what they've been in.
Our train back to Keighley was a diesel train. You can check on the official
railway timetable which I'll link in the description below to see the timings of
the different types of trains.
43924 Pushing Carriages into Oxenhope Station + Photos From Today (22/09/12)
43924 Pushing Carrages into Oxenhope Station to form the first Steam train to Keighley Plus the pictures i took from Today (22/09/12) when 43924 Had a special headboard on which had 'Phil Graham's 25 years of Block Class'
Landing at Oxenhope Airfield (No sound)
Landing on runway 24 at Oxenhope airfield in Yorkshire, England in a/c G-MESH, CZAW Sportcruiser.
Flying Scotsman 60103 Oxenhope Station Details and coal Shoveling
Flying Scotsman 60103 Oxenhope Station Details and coal Shoveling
Shunting Oxenhope Carriage shed
Leeming nr Oxenhope West Yorkshire Aerial Film Ehang Ghostdrone v2 Near Haworth 2018
Aerial Views of the Stone built Leeming Village with the Reservoir alongside, at West Yorkshire - in HD , with views of Haworth seen rear of the dam & the surrounding Pennistone & Bronte & sheep clad Countryside around here.
The reservoir is half full.
Filmed with Ehang Ghostdrone v2 Quadcopter , pretty cool quality when the camera is aimed properly !
Thanks to Mr Ghandi for providing the Video to upload
Music - Pink Floyd + Orb - Wish you were Here (Ambient)
(For some reason one scene of the Reservoir and the tower sticking out of hte water, reminds me of the feel of the postcard of the diver and blue sea from the original release of the 1975 Pink Floyd Album Wish You Were Here. )
At Least We Tried - Matt Bentley & Steph Stephenson, Oxenhope Station on the KWVR
Waiting on the train at Oxenhope Station, waiting to return to Keighley after a busy day of filming on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway in Yorkshire.
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Tour de Oxenhope (14 min version )
Tour de France passes the old vicarage Oxenhope
43924 and1300 leaving Oxenhope Station at KWVR
2 Beautiful steam engines leaving Howorth station with there carriages at KWVR
43924 at Oxenhope at 1:39pm on 13th January 2018
British Railways (Midland Railway) 4F 0-6-0 43924 on Oxenhope Straight, on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, at 1:39pm on Saturday 13th January 2018.
43924 arrives at Oxenhope at 12:17pm on 13th January 2018.
British Railways (Midland Railway) 4F 0-6-0 43924 arrives at Oxenhope, on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, at 12:17pm on Saturday 13th January 2018.
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Steam Train Ride - Oxenhope to Keighley
A ride on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway from Oxenhope to Keighley hauled by steam locomotive United States of America Transportation Corporation (USATC) S160 2-8-0 number 95820 'Big Jim' on Saturday 30th December 2017.