[1] This problem was subsequently corrected (following a major outcry in the locality) and by May 1856, passenger services had started running between Northallerton and Leyburn.

[3] Although the section between Bedale and Leeming was doubled by the turn of the century, the station never received a second platform, and the line became single again before passing through the adjacent level crossing.

[9] The Wensleydale Railway Company took over the station after leasing the branch from Railtrack in the spring of 2003,[10] with passenger services returning to Bedale in 2004.

The company hopes to eventually rebuild the currently derelict section of the line west of Redmire and run services all the way from Northallerton to Garsdale.

[16] However, the signal box was given Grade II Listed Status in February 1993 and as such, it is now in the Bedale Conservation area.