Bainton railway station

Bainton
Bainton railway station in 1961
General information
Location	Bainton, East Riding of Yorkshire England
Coordinates	53°56′45″N0°31′35″W / 53.945967°N 0.526340°W / 53.945967; -0.526340
Grid reference	SE968509
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Scarborough, Bridlington and West Riding Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 May 1890	Station opened
20 September 1954	Station closed
Location

Bainton railway station was a station on the Selby to Driffield Line. It opened on 1 May 1890 and served the village of Bainton. It closed on 20 September 1954.

History

The station, which was 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village of Bainton was opened by the Scarborough Bridlington and West Riding Junction Railway in May 1890. ^[1] It was then run by the North Eastern Railway, and became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

References

1. Tuffrey, Peter (6 April 2021). "Railways seen through the eyes of B-holder". The Yorkshire Post. p. 15. ISSN   0963-1496.

• Bairstow, Martin (1990). Railways In East Yorkshire. Martin Bairstow. ISBN   1-871944-03-1.
• 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 (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.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.

External links

• Bainton station on navigable O.S. map
• "Station Name: Bainton". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. 16 April 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Middleton-on-the-Wolds		North Eastern Railway Selby to Driffield Line		Southburn