Wetwang railway station

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Wetwang
Wetwang railway station (site), Yorkshire (geograph 3491233).jpg
Site of the former station in February 2008
General information
Location Wetwang, East Riding of Yorkshire
England
Coordinates 54°01′28″N0°34′36″W / 54.024413°N 0.576540°W / 54.024413; -0.576540
Grid reference SE933596
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Malton and Driffield Railway
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
19 May 1853Opened
5 June 1950Closed for passengers
20 October 1958Closed for goods

Wetwang railway station ( SE933596 ) was a railway station on the Malton & Driffield Railway in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It served the village of Wetwang, opened on 19 May 1853, and closed for passengers on 5 June 1950 and goods on 20 October 1958. For passenger traffic, Wetwang was the busiest station on the MDR. [1]

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Potential reopening

The Yorkshire Wolds Railway (as of 2009 the only heritage railway in the East Riding of Yorkshire) [2] operates on a short section of track close to the village of Fimber.

The railway has plans to extend its operational length to 2 miles (3.2 km); this would involve running between the Fimber Halt site, opened when the project commenced, and the original Wetwang railway station for which the railway has permission to extend to. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Burton 1998, p. 46.
  2. ↑ "Yorkshire Wolds Railway". Yorkshire Wolds Railway Restoration Project. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  3. ↑ Johnston, Howard (20 November 2024). "Regional news - Fimber". Rail Magazine. No. 1, 021. Peterborough: Bauer Media. p. 24. ISSN   0953-4563.

Sources

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Sledmere & Fimber   North Eastern Railway
Malton & Driffield Railway 		  Garton


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