Amotherby railway station

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Amotherby
Amotherby former station geograph-3930853-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Site of the former station in 1991. None of the station buildings remain. [1]
General information
Location Amotherby, North Yorkshire
England
Coordinates 54°09′17″N0°51′11″W / 54.1546°N 0.8530°W / 54.1546; -0.8530 Coordinates: 54°09′17″N0°51′11″W / 54.1546°N 0.8530°W / 54.1546; -0.8530
Grid reference SE750738
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
19 May 1853Station opened
1 January 1931Station closed to passengers
17 October 1964 [1] Station closed to goods

Amotherby railway station served the village of Amotherby in the Northern English county of North Yorkshire. It was located on a local line which ran from Malton to a junction with the Gilling and Pickering line in Gilling.

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History

Opened by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, then absorbed by the North Eastern Railway the station joined the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. This company closed the station to passengers in 1930, although the goods service then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways upon nationalisation in 1948. Special and excursion passenger trains used the station until 27 July 1964, the last ramblers excursion to Kirbymoorside running on 3 May 1964, and the last passenger train was a Sunday school excursion. Most of the line closed to freight on 10 August 1964, but Amotherby station remained open until 17 October 1964 to honour a long-term contract with a local mill. Thus the 3½ mile long section between Amotherby and Malton was the last part of the Thirsk and Malton line to close. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Nick Catford. "Disused Stations: Amotherby" . Retrieved 22 May 2017.

Further reading

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Barton le Street
Line and station closed
  North Eastern Railway
Thirsk and Malton Line
  Malton
Line closed, station open