Kirbymoorside railway station

Kirbymoorside
The station in September 2008
General information
LocationKirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire
England
Coordinates54°15′56″N 0°55′46″W / 54.265670°N 0.929527°W / 54.265670; -0.929527
Grid referenceSE698860
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Eastern Railway[1]
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 January 1874Opened as
Kirby Moorside[1]
31 May 1948Renamed Kirbymoorside[1]
2 February 1953Closed to regular passenger traffic[1]
10 August 1964closed completely

Kirbymoorside railway station served the market town of Kirkbymoorside in North Yorkshire, England from 1874 until 1964.

History

It was opened on 1 January 1874.[2] The regular passenger service (and the track east to Pickering) ceased on 2 February 1953 but freight traffic and occasional special passenger trains continued until 10 August 1964.

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1935 to 1939 and possibly one for some of 1934.[3]

After closure the railway station building was used for industrial purposes, but was demolished between April/May 2010 in favour of a new housing development.[4]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Nawton   Gilling and Pickering (G&P) Line   Sinnington

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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. p. 135. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  2. ^ "Opening of the Railway between Helmsley and Kirby Moorside". York Herald. England. 3 January 1874. Retrieved 26 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 10. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  4. ^ Nick Catford. "Disused Stations: Kirbymoorside". Retrieved 22 May 2017.


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