Amotherby railway station

Amotherby railway station served the village of Amotherby in the Northern English county of North Yorkshire. It was located on a local line which ran from Malton to a junction with the Gilling and Pickering line in Gilling.

Amotherby
Site of the former station in 1991. None of the station buildings remain.[1]
LocationAmotherby, Ryedale
England
Coordinates54.1546°N 0.8530°W / 54.1546; -0.8530
Grid referenceSE750738
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyYork, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
19 May 1853Station opened
1 January 1931Station closed to passengers
17 October 1964[1]Station closed to goods

History

Opened by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, then absorbed by the North Eastern Railway the station joined the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. This company closed the station to passengers in 1930, although the goods service then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways upon nationalisation in 1948. Special and excursion passenger trains used the station until 27 July 1964, the last ramblers excursion to Kirbymoorside running on 3 May 1964, and the last passenger train was a Sunday school excursion. Most of the line closed to freight on 10 August 1964, but Amotherby station remained open until 17 October 1964 to honour a long-term contract with a local mill. Thus the 3½ mile long section between Amotherby and Malton was the last part of the Thirsk and Malton line to close.[1]

References
  1. Nick Catford. "Disused Stations: Amotherby". Retrieved 22 May 2017.

Further reading
  • Butt, R. V. J. (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.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.(Misspells station name as Amotherley)
  • Station on navigable O.S. map.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Barton le Street
Line and station closed		   North Eastern Railway
Thirsk and Malton Line		   Malton
Line closed, station open


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