Kirbymoorside railway station

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Kirbymoorside
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The station in September 2008
General information
Location Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire
England
Coordinates 54°15′56″N0°55′46″W / 54.265670°N 0.929527°W / 54.265670; -0.929527
Grid reference SE698860
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company North Eastern Railway [1]
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 January 1874Opened as
Kirby Moorside [1]
31 May 1948Renamed Kirbymoorside [1]
2 February 1953Closed to regular passenger traffic [1]
10 August 1964closed completely

Kirbymoorside railway station served the market town of Kirkbymoorside in North Yorkshire, England from 1874 until 1964.

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History

It was opened on 1 January 1874. [2] The regular passenger service (and the track east to Pickering) ceased on 2 February 1953 but freight traffic and occasional special passenger trains continued until 10 August 1964.

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1935 to 1939 and possibly one for some of 1934. [3]

After closure the railway station building was used for industrial purposes, but was demolished between April/May 2010 in favour of a new housing development. [4]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Nawton   Gilling and Pickering (G&P) Line   Sinnington

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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. p. 135. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
  2. ↑ "Opening of the Railway between Helmsley and Kirby Moorside" . York Herald. England. 3 January 1874. Retrieved 26 February 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 10. ISBN   1-870119-48-7.
  4. ↑ Nick Catford. "Disused Stations: Kirbymoorside" . Retrieved 22 May 2017.


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