Bolton Abbey station has had a long Royal connection, being the nearest station to the Duke of Devonshire's Bolton Hall.

Following the purchase of the site and associated trackbed by the railway trust in 1995, the station was lovingly restored to its 1888 condition.

This would return Bolton Abbey station to its former state in the days of the LMS (and BR London Midland Region), especially to how it was right up until the line's closure many years before.

This is all part of the E&BASR's expansion plan(s) to extend the line back down to as far as Addingham (where a replica LMS style, temporary replacement station, will be built, as part of the proposed project).

The Holywell Halt site is 1.5 miles away from Bolton Abbey.