Airmyn railway station

Airmyn
General information
Location	Airmyn, East Riding of Yorkshire England
Coordinates	53°42′22″N0°56′17″W / 53.706°N 0.938°W / 53.706; -0.938
Grid reference	SE702238
Platforms	Originally 2, 1 from about 1923 [1]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 May 1912	Opened as Airmyn and Rawcliffe
12 June 1961	Renamed Airmyn
15 June 1964	Closed to passengers [2]
7 December 1964	Closed completely [3]

A 1914 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing the station and its link to Goole

Airmyn railway station was on the Selby to Goole Line. ^[4] It served the village of Airmyn in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

History

The station was opened by the North Eastern Railway on 1 May 1912 as Airmyn and Rawcliffe. It became part of the London and North Eastern Railway under the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was renamed on 12 June 1961 to Airmyn.

The single storey station and platforms were built entirely of wood. ^{[5] [6]} Two sidings led off the through line behind the main station building. ^[7]

The line and station were built with double tracks and platforms, but most of the route, including Airmyn and Rawcliffe, was reduced to single track around 1923. ^[1] The passenger service was withdrawn by the British Railways Board on 15 June 1964, the goods service followed on 7 December of that year. The tracks and associated infrastructure were subsequently lifted.

The site today

There is a large building on the platform which still exists.

References

1. Goode 1976, p. 30.
2. Butt 1995, p. 14.
3. Fell 2016, p. 75.
4. Smith & Turner 2012, Map 21.
5. Chapman 2002, p. 69.
6. Goode 1976, p. 9.
7. Goode 1976, p. 27.

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Chapman, Stephen (2002). Selby & Goole. Railway Memories. Todmorden: Bellcode Books. ISBN   978-1-871233-14-8. 14.
• Fell, Mike G (2016). An Illustrated History of the Port of Goole and its Railways. Clophill: Irwell Press. ISBN   978-1-906919-82-5.
• Goode, C. T. (1976). The Goole and Selby Railway. Blandford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN   978-0-85-361205-6. 100.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC   22311137.
• Smith, Paul; Turner, Keith (2012). Railway Atlas Then and Now. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN   978-0-7110-3695-6.
• The Goole and Selby Railway

Service

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Drax Hales Line and station closed		Selby to Goole Line (NER)		Goole Line closed, station open

External links

• The station on a navigable O.S. map npe Maps
• The station on other OS maps National Library of Scotland
• The line and its stations Rail Map Online
• The line with mileages Railway Codes
• The station and Goole from the air in 1949 Britain from Above (free login needed to zoom)