Alne railway station

Alne
Site of the station (2016)
General information
Location	Alne, North Yorkshire England
Coordinates	54°05′36″N1°13′53″W / 54.093430°N 1.231290°W / 54.093430; -1.231290
Grid reference	SE503666
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great North of England Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
31 March 1841	Station opens
5 May 1958	Station closed for passengers
10 August 1964 [1]	closed for goods
Location

Alne railway station was a station which served the village of Alne in the English county of North Yorkshire. It was served by trains on the main line between York and Thirsk. From 1891 to 1957 it was the junction of the Easingwold Railway which connected the main line to the town of Easingwold. The station was 11 miles 14 chains (18 km) north of York Station. ^[2]

History

Opened by the Great North of England Railway. It became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Eastern Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

In 1930, a third track was added at Alne and in 1959 fourth track was laid down. The station buildings were demolished in 1964 and since then, the line between York and Northallerton has been four tracks – two up lines and two down lines. ^[3]

Bradshaws Railway Timetable of 1922 indicates that there was eight trains per day in each direction on the Easingwold line.

Accident

• In 1877 the boiler of a locomotive exploded whilst it was hauling a freight train. Fragments were thrown up to 539 feet (164 m) away. ^[4]

The site today

Trains still pass at speed on the now electrified East Coast Main Line. Electrification was completed between York and Newcastle in 1990. ^[5]

References

1. Disused Stations website by N.Catford
2. Jacobs, Gerald (2006). Railway Track Diagrams – Eastern. Bradford-On-Avon: Trackmaps. pp. 20A. ISBN   0-9549866-2-8.
3. "History". www.alnevillage.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
4. Hoole, Ken (1983). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 4. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 31. ISBN   0-906899-07-9.
5. "ECML Completion" (PDF). The Railways Archive.

Further reading

• 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.
• 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.
• John Scott – Morgan (1980). British Independent Light Railways. David & Charles. ISBN   0-7153-7933-X.
• Station on navigable O.S. map

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Tollerton Line open, station closed		North Eastern Railway East Coast Main Line		Raskelf Line open, station closed
Terminus		Easingwold Railway		Easingwold Line and station closed