Newby Wiske railway station

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Newby Wiske
Newby Whiske railway station (site) (geograph 3346845).jpg
Site of the station in 2008
General information
Location Newby Wiske, North Yorkshire
England
Coordinates 54°17′23″N1°26′39″W / 54.2896°N 1.4441°W / 54.2896; -1.4441 Coordinates: 54°17′23″N1°26′39″W / 54.2896°N 1.4441°W / 54.2896; -1.4441
Grid reference SE362883
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Leeds Northern Railway
Pre-grouping Leeds Northern Railway
North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping LNER
Key dates
2 June 1852 (1852-06-02)Opened
20 September 1915Closed to passengers as a wartime economy measure
April 1920Reopened
11 September 1939Last train called at station
2 September 1946Official passenger closure date
11 November 1963 (1963-11-11)Fully closed

Newby Wiske railway station served the village of Newby Wiske, North Yorkshire, England from 1852 to 1963 on the Leeds-Northallerton Railway.

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History

The station opened on 2 June 1852 by the Leeds Northern Railway. It was situated on the west side of West View. The station originally had one low platform although this was rebuilt along with a second platform when the line was doubled in 1901. The station had full goods yard facilities on the up side of the line, which was accessed from the south. The layout was changed when the line doubled in 1901 with three sidings, two serving a loading dock and the other serving a coal depot. The main goods traffic at the station was barley, with 428 tons being dispatched from it in 1911. Only one wagon of livestock was loaded at the station in 1913. The station was closed due to the First World War on 20 September 1915 but it reopened in April 1920 with only one up train and two down trains. The station was once again closed due to the Second World War on 11 September 1939, although it never reopened. The official date of closure to passengers was on 2 September 1946 and closed to goods traffic on 11 November 1963. [1]

In April 1918, the tender of a steam train travelling between Northallerton and Ripon at 50 miles per hour (80 km/h), came off the rails to the north of the station, but stayed upright and the effect of its derailing caused the train to split in two. The engine driver managed to stop the train on Maunby Bridge (over the River Swale) some 1.9 miles (3 km) after the initial derailment. The rear seven detached carriages tore the line up after the locomotive and came to a rest just before the bridge and narrowly avoided falling down the 20 feet (6.1 m) embankment into the River Swale. A fire broke out in the third carriage caused by a ruptured gas pipe, but it was extinguished by the guard. Of the 160 people aboard the train, only three minor injuries were recorded. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Disused Stations: Newby Wiske". Disused Stations. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  2. Lloyd, Chris (20 April 2018). "Looking Back". Darlington & Stockton Times. No. 16–2018. p. 57. ISSN   2516-5348.
  3. "302" (Map). Northallerton & Thirsk. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN   9780319245545.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Northallerton
Line closed, station open
  Leeds Northern Railway
Leeds-Northallerton Railway
  Pickhill
Line and station closed