Wetwang railway station

Wetwang
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
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Malton and Driffield Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
19 May 1853	Opened
5 June 1950	Closed for passengers
20 October 1958	Closed for goods
Location

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]

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

• Burton, Warwick (1998). Malton & Driffield Junction Railway. Martin Bairstow. ISBN   1-871944-16-3.
• 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. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• "Station Name: Wetwang". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2011.

External links

• Wetwang station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
• Wetwang station at The Yorkshire Wolds Railway Restoration Project

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