Brafferton railway station

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Brafferton
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The remains of Brafferton station looking towards the north east
General information
Location Brafferton, North Yorkshire
England
Coordinates 54°07′49″N1°19′52″W / 54.1303°N 1.3312°W / 54.1303; -1.3312
Grid reference SE438707
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping LNER
Key dates
17 June 1847 (1847-06-17)Opened
25 September 1950Closed to passengers
5 October 1964 (1964-10-05)Closed completely

Brafferton railway station served Brafferton, North Yorkshire, England, from 1847 to 1964 on the Pilmoor, Boroughbridge and Knaresborough Railway.

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History

The station opened on 17 June 1847 [1] by the York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway. [2] It closed to passengers on 25 September 1950 and to goods traffic on 5 October 1964. [3]

The station was initially opened with two platforms, but as traffic did not warrant both, the platform on the northern side was removed soon after opening. [4] Between the station's opening and 1929, it only had three stationmasters. After 1929, the station was looked after by the stationmaster based at Boroughbridge. [5] The station had goods sidings at either side of the line, and at the eastern end, had a two-road coal depot. [6] The 1904 Railway Clearing House book, lists Brafferton as being able to handle most goods traffic, but did not have a permanent crane to load or offload goods. [7] [8]

With the line being fairly agricultural, most of the traffic through and st the station was agricultural in nature, either livestock or vegetables. However, military used the line in the First World War to a depot near Myton-on-Swale, [9] and in the Second World War, the former RAF Helperby airbase was turned into an ammunition dump for the airfields of No. 6 Group RCAF. [10] This traffic continued to the Air Ministry siding until 1956. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ M E Quick, Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology, The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 86
  2. ↑ Cobb, M. H. (2003). The railways of Great Britain - a historical atlas. Ian Allan. p. 411. ISBN   0-7110-3003-0. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Brafferton Station (remains)". Geograph. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Bottomley 2000, p. 33.
  5. ↑ Hoole, K. (1985). Railway stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 155. ISBN   0-7153-8527-5.
  6. ↑ "Brafferton". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  7. ↑ The Railway Clearing House handbook of railway stations, 1904. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. 1970. p. 74. ISBN   0715351206.
  8. 1 2 Chapman, Stephen (2011). Harrogate & Wetherby. Todmorden: Bellcode. p. 85. ISBN   978-1871233-24-7.
  9. ↑ Bottomley 2000, p. 34.
  10. ↑ Bottomley 2000, p. 76.

Sources

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Pilmoor
Line and station closed		  Leeds Northern Railway
Pilmoor, Boroughbridge and Knaresborough Railway 		  Boroughbridge
Line and station closed


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