Damems railway station serves the village of Damems near Keighley, and within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, West Yorkshire, England. It is only used for steam trains and trains do not stop unless a passenger requests a stop before getting on a train.
It claims to be Britain's smallest railway station,[1] although it is not part of the main British rail network any longer. Damems has the distinction of being a station rather than a halt because in its original form it included a stationmasters house and a siding to serve the mill in the village. The stationmasters house remains, and is still in the ownership of the railway, although the siding has been removed. The level crossing at the station is controlled from a gate box originally from Connoley on the Airedale line and has been installed since preservation. The crossing was originally worked from a groundframe in the stationmasters garden. The last crossing keeper at Damems was Annie Feathers who lived in the stationmasters house and received her wages which were thrown to her from the footplate of a passing locomotive.
Damems railway station serves the village of Damems near Keighley, and within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, West Yorkshire, England. It is only used for steam trains and trains do not stop unless a passenger requests a stop before getting on a train.
It claims to be Britain's smallest railway station,[1] although it is not part of the main British rail network any longer. Damems has the distinction of being a station rather than a halt because in its original form it included a stationmasters house and a siding to serve the mill in the village. The stationmasters house remains, and is still in the ownership of the railway, although the siding has been removed. The level crossing at the station is controlled from a gate box originally from Connoley on the Airedale line and has been installed since preservation. The crossing was originally worked from a groundframe in the stationmasters garden. The last crossing keeper at Damems was Annie Feathers who lived in the stationmasters house and received her wages which were thrown to her from the footplate of a passing locomotive.
