Weaverthorpe railway station

Weaverthorpe railway station was a minor railway station serving the village of Sherburn in North Yorkshire, England. Located on the York to Scarborough Line it was opened on 5 July 1845 by the York and North Midland Railway. It closed to passengers on 22 September 1930.

Weaverthorpe
The former station at Weaverthorpe
Location	Sherburn, Ryedale England
Coordinates	54.190000°N 0.535000°W
Grid reference	SE957781
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
Key dates
5 July 1845	Opened
22 September 1930	Closed

History

Opened in July 1845, the station was 12 miles (19 km) east of Malton and 11 miles (18 km) west of Scarborough.[1] The station was originally named Sherburn, but was renamed Wykeham (after a village 3 miles (5 km) distant) on 1 April 1874, to avoid confusion with three other stations also named Sherburn.[2] The name changed again after the opening of a station in Wykeham itself (on the Forge Valley Line), and the station became 'Weaverthorpe' on 1 May 1882.[3][4]

Services at the station consisted of four per day (each way) in 1847, and 1866 rising to six per day by 1877.[5][6][7] Bradshaws timetable for 1906, still lists six stopping services each way, every two to three hours.[8]

The signal box and level crossing

The station, along with all others on the York to Scarborough line (save for Malton and Seamer), were closed in September 1930. This was due to the low receipts generated by each station, but additionally, the closures allowed the LNER to speed up the services on the line.[9]

Weaverthorpe station was to the immediate east of the level crossing, with the goods crane on the west side.[10] The station did retain a small goods yard until 1981, which handled steel traffic for a local construction company.[11]

Passengers wishing to go to Weaverthorpe would have been very disappointed as that village was located 5 miles (8 km) distant, over the Wolds escarpment! Both the station house (now in private ownership) and the signal box, were grade II listed in December 1987.[12][13] The signal box is the only one still in operation for the 18-mile (29 km) stretch between Malton and Seamer,[14] and is due to be closed in 2025, when signalling on the line will be transferred to York Rail Operating Centre.[15]

References

1. Padgett, David (2016). Railway track diagrams. Book 2, Eastern. Beckington, Frome: Trackmaps. 39. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.
2. Hoole 1985, p. 142.
3. Quick, Michael (2020). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain; a Chronology (PDF) (5 ed.). Market Drayton: The railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 445. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
4. Hoole 1985, p. 195.
5. Bradshaw's Monthly Railway and Steam Navigation Guide for Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent at the Internet Archive
6. 1866 07 Bradshaw at the Internet Archive
7. Bradshaw's general railway and steam navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland at the Internet Archive
8. Bradshaw 1906 at the Internet Archive
9. Chapman 2008, p. 8.
10. "Explore georeferenced maps - Map images - National Library of Scotland". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
11. Hoole 1985, p. 94.
12. Historic England. "Weaverthorpe Station  (Grade II) (1315722)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
13. Historic England. "Weaverthorpe Signal Box  (Grade II) (1308300)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
14. Chapman 2008, p. 46.
15. Rhodes, Michael (2015). Resignalling Britain. Horncastle: Mortons Media. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-909128-64-4.

• 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.

Sources

• Chapman, Stephen (2008). Railway Memories No. 19: York to Scarborough, Whitby & Ryedale. Todmorden: Bellcode Books. ISBN 9781871233193.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Hoole, Ken (1985). Railway Stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8527-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

Media related to Weaverthorpe railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Weaverthorpe station on navigable 1947 O. S. map

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Heslerton Station closed; Line open		Y&NMR York to Scarborough Line		Ganton Station closed; Line open