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Scruton Station - The Restoration

by the Direct Works Team

With the restoration of Scruton station nearly finished time has come to look back at what has been achieved Below there are a series of photos showing the restoration as it progressed.

At the Railway Heritage Awards in London on 2nd December 2015, the Wensleydale Railway won the Railway Heritage Trust Conservation Award for the restoration of Scruton Station. This is a well deserved recognition of all the hard work that the Direct Works Team has put into the project.

For more details see the media brief here

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Photo - John Brennand
Scruton Station Restoration - One of the first things tacked in the restoration was the old Signal Cabin on the platform (2009)
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Photo - John Brennand
Scruton Station Restoration - One of the first things tacked in the restoration was the old Signal Cabin on the platform (2009)
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Photo - John Brennand
Scruton Station Restoration - 4Demolishing the old toilet block at the rear of the station (09/01/2010)
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Photo - John Brennand
Scruton Station Restoration - Work has progressed on the signal cabin, but the station looks untouched from the front (--/06/2010)
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Photo - John Brennand
Scruton Station Restoration - The floor of the station office is starting to be cleared (--/08/2010)
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Photo - John Brennand
Scruton Station Restoration - The roof timbers are being worked on (--/08/2010)
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Photo - John Brennand
Scruton Station Restoration - The Signal cabin is starting to look good except that it still needs windows (--/09/2010)
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Photo - John Brennand
Scruton Station Restoration - Work has progressed in renewing the roof timbers (--/11/2010)
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Photo - John Brennand
Scruton Station Restoration - Work is progressing in clearing away the old floor of the station building (26/01/2011)
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Photo - John Brennand
Scruton Station Restoration - The floor area has now been cleared down to bare earth (02/02/2011)
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Photo - John Brennand
Scruton Station Restoration - Concrete is being piped into create a foundation slab for the building (16/02/2011)
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Photo - John Brennand
Scruton Station Restoration - The roof is now looking good with all new tiles (09/03/2011)
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Photo - John Brennand
Scruton Station Restoration - The waterless toilet system was delivered to site (25/08/2011)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - The guttering was being fitted (18/01/2012)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - Bricklaying for the new toilet block (25/01/2012)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - Placing the damp-proof membrane for the new wooden screen to sit on (25/01/2012)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - The new wooden screen panels being fitted (25/01/2012)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - The ceiling being fitted (29/02/2012)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - More guttering being fitted (29/02/2012)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - The window frames being fitted to the wooden screen (12/03/2012)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - Plastering the walls (12/03/2012)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - Installing a window (12/03/2012)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - View of the station building - The roof and the screen are looking good (02/05/2012)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - Fitting the partition wall between the office and waiting room (02/05/2012)
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Photo - Barry Wetherell
Traditional urinals have been installed at Struton station. They not functioning and are only for show (28/06/2012)
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Photo - Barry Wetherell
Traditional urinals have been installed at Struton station. They not functioning and are only for show (28/06/2012)
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Photo - Barry Wetherell
The ticket office grill installed at Scruton station (28/06/2012)
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Photo - Barry Wetherell
The ticket office grill installed at Scruton station (28/06/2012)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - Joem passes the station with a train (02/08/2012)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - Digging a drainage channel (13/06/2013)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - Making the wooden waiting room benches (13/06/2013)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - Digging the for the foundations of the platform edge (10/07/2013)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - Digging the for the foundations of the platform edge (10/07/2013)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - One of the pieces of furniture of the office (10/07/2013)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - Staining the waiting room bench seat (12/07/2013)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - Pouring concrete for the platform edge foundation (12/07/2013)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - Bricklaying the wall for the platform edge (31/07/2013)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - Bricklaying the wall for the platform edge (07/08/2013)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - The bricklaying for the platform is now nearly complete (14/08/2013)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - Building the fence at the rear of the station (21/08/2013)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - View of the station showing the platform brickwork complete (21/08/2013)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - The platform edge blocks have now been laid (28/08/2013)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - Some steps at the rear of the station being stained (28/08/2013)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - The last platform edging block being placed with the help of a crane (28/08/2013)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - The core of the platform being laid and consolidated (06/09/2013)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - The core of the platform being laid and consolidated (11/09/2013)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - Tarmac being laid at the entrance of the station (07/11/2013)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - The platform has now been tarmaced (13/11/2013)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - The station is starting to look like a station once more (27/11/2013)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - The waiting room floor being sanded (26/03/2014)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton Station Restoration - The platform edge being painted (23/04/2014)
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Photo - John Tong
A new lamp for Scruton station being positioned (18/03/2015)
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Photo - David Walker
Scruton Station Official Opening by Sir William Alpine (05/04/2015)
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Photo - David Walker
Scruton Station Official Opening
Sir William McAlpine and Mr Wight revealing the acknowledgement plaque (05/04/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
Joem hauling a train past Scruton during the Open Day (03/10/2015)
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Photo - Unknown Photographer
At the Railway Heritage Awards in London on 2nd December 2015, the Wensleydale Railway won the Railway Heritage Trust Conservation Award for the restoration of Scruton Station. The photo shows (left to right) Sir William McAlpine (Railway Heritage Trust), Lord Faulkner (National Heritage Railway Awards) and David Walker (Wensleydale Railway Trust) presenting the blue plaque at the awards ceremony (03/12/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The Railway Heritage Trust award is secured above the fire place in the main waiting room of Scruton Station (20/01/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
Lord Faulkner of Worcester (facing camera) and Sir William McAlpine (back to camera) unveiling the plaque at Scruton Station (23/04/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
The celebration cake for the unveiling of the plaque for Scruton Station restoration by members of the Railway Heritage Trust (23/04/2016)
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