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- ↑ "LNER Encyclopedia: The Aberford Railway: The Railway". The London and North Eastern Railway Encyclopedia. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ↑ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 482. OCLC 931112387.
