Market Weighton railway station

Market Weighton
Station in 1940
General information
Location	Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire England
Coordinates	53°52′04″N0°39′54″W / 53.867815°N 0.664976°W / 53.867815; -0.664976
Grid reference	SE878421
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	York and North Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Railways
Key dates
1847	opened
29 November 1965 [1]	closed
Location

Market Weighton railway station was a railway station at the junction of the Selby to Driffield and York to Beverley lines in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

History

It opened on 4 October 1847 and served the town of Market Weighton. The overall roof of the station was removed in 1947 and replaced with steel awnings. It closed after the last train ran on 27 November 1965, and the station buildings were demolished in 1979.

References

1. Passengers No More by G.Daniels and L.Dench

• 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. p. 155. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.

External links

• Market Weighton station on navigable 1947 O.S. map
• "Station Name: Market Weighton". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
• Lyon, H. W. (1965). "No.6 Railway -Market Weighton railway station closure & demolition". Yorkshire Film Archive. Archived from the original on 30 July 2015.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Everingham		Y&NMR / SB&WRJR Selby to Driffield Line		Enthorpe
Londesborough		Y&NMR York to Beverley Line		Kiplingcotes