Castle Howard railway station

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Castle Howard
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Accurate digital replication of original sign
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Castle Howard Station Lineside Elevation Drawing
General information
Location Welburn, North Yorkshire
England
Coordinates 54°05′28″N0°52′30″W / 54.091000°N 0.874880°W / 54.091000; -0.874880
Grid reference SE736667
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened5 July 1845
Closed22 September 1930
Pre-grouping York and North Midland Railway
North Eastern Railway (UK)
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway

Castle Howard railway station was a minor railway station serving the village of Welburn and the stately home at Castle Howard in North Yorkshire, England. On the York to Scarborough Line it was opened on 5 July 1845 by the York and North Midland Railway. The architect was George Townsend Andrews. [1] It closed to passenger traffic on 22 September 1930 but continued to be staffed until the 1950s for small volumes of freight and parcels. [2]

The station was often used by the aristocracy, notably Queen Victoria when she visited Castle Howard with Prince Albert as a guest of Earl of Carlisle in August 1850. [2] [3] The station is now a private residence. [2]

Castle Howard station was featured in the British TV documentary The Architecture the Railways Built presented by historian Tim Dunn on Yesterday in 2020.

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References

  1. 'The Pride of Yorkshire', exhibition leaflet, Castle Howard, 2010
  2. 1 2 3 Harris, Richard (17 February 2010). "Castle Howard station history highlighted". York Press. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  3. Whellan, T. (1859). History and topography of the city of York: and the North Riding of Yorkshire, Vol. II. p. 587. Retrieved 18 February 2010.

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