c. cii) to construct a branch line from Coopers House near Dalton, six miles south of Darlington, to Richmond.

[4] The station layout consisted of two platforms for passenger trains, one which ended in a horse-loading dock, and the other was underneath the main trainshed.

The principal features were: The station was listed in the Railway Clearing House Handbook for 1904 as being able to handle horse boxes, cattle, vans and general goods, and was equipped with a 3-tonne (3.3-ton) crane.

This was subsequently lengthened in 1860 and the front edge raised resulting in a downward slope towards the floor level of the offices, which survived until the recent renovations.

The platform was further lengthened in 1915 to cope with the increased military traffic from the newly established Catterick Camp, and in its final form was 268 yards (245 m) long.

[12] The train shed was open at the south end and lit by gas: electricity was not provided until after the Second World War.

Goods traffic was withdrawn in 1967 and this enabled the railway to lift all the sidings, including the two in the train shed, and remove all the signals.

The goods shed was demolished, and later the site was re-used for the swimming baths,[16] but the rest of the railway infrastructure survives including the bridge which continues to form part of the main road between Richmond and Catterick Garrison, the A6136.

[13] The aims of the project, which was spearheaded by the Richmondshire Building Preservation Trust, were: The building re-opened – named simply The Station – in November 2007, with two cinema screens, a restaurant and café-bar, an art gallery, a heritage centre, a number of rooms for public use, and a range of artisan food-producers.