The Thames Clyde Express was one of the most
famous northern expresses as it traversed the Settle
and Carlisle. Skipton station was designed by
Charles Trubshaw who was also the designer of
Bradford new Midland Station and Hotel.
His early work for the Midland include
the new Skipton Station, opened April 30,
1876 which coincided with the opening of the
Midland Railway’s Settle-Carlisle Line which made
Skipton a station on the London, St Pancreas to Glasgow
main line. Hellifield Station, opened on June 1, 1880
was also the work of Trubshaw.
My thanks to Ben Brooksbank for this superb picture
of the Thames Clyde arriving at Skipton en route to
Glasgow. I well remember catching this train a time
or two when joining or leaving Ships in Glasgow.
Being a Bradford lad I had to catch it in Bingley
where it had it's first stop out of Leeds and it was
pulled by a class 37.
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