Scorton railway station

For the station in Lancashire, see Scorton railway station, Lancashire.

Scorton
Scorton railway station in 2007
General information
LocationScorton, North Yorkshire
England
Coordinates54°24′29″N 1°37′00″W / 54.408000°N 1.616583°W / 54.408000; -1.616583
Grid referenceNZ249014
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyYork and Newcastle Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1846opened
1969closed

Scorton railway station (North Yorkshire) was a railway station in North Yorkshire, England. The village of Scorton is situated around 0.5 miles (0.8 km) south from the site of the station.

History

The station was once part of the Eryholme-Richmond branch line, built by the York and Newcastle Railway in 1846.[1] Like most of the infrastructure of the line, Scorton station was built in the Tudor Style. The station was located 9 miles 56 chains (15.6 km) down the line from Darlington.[2] The station buildings were just to the north of the village, and on the 'down' side of the station on the Richmond bound platform.[3] The station buildings also included a pub, the St Cuthbert's Inn, which was named after a well in the field behind the inn and station buildings.[4] Passenger traffic to the station was buoyed by pupils going to and from the grammar school, passenger traffic for the Hospital of St John and God, and during the Second World War, service personnel for RAF Scorton.[5]

The station had a goods yard with a connection that faced westwards.[6] Records show that the station could handle livestock as well as general goods, with hay, clover and barley being the main commodities railed from the station.[7] The goods yard closed in August 1965.[8]

Passenger services on the Richmond branch line were withdrawn on 3 March 1969, however, freight traffic continued for another year, lasting until early 1970.[9]

Present

The station is now a residential property, the waiting room is now the lounge and the platforms are garden features.

Much of the trackbed to the west of Scorton station has been destroyed by sand and gravel quarrying.

See also

References

  1. ^ Body, Geoffrey (1989). Railways of the Eastern Region. Wellingborough: P. Stephens. p. 68. ISBN 1-85260-072-1.
  2. ^ Hoole, Ken 1985, p. 30.
  3. ^ Hoole, Ken 1985, p. 28.
  4. ^ Lloyd, Chris (22 November 2024). "Taking the railway well waters". Darlington & Stockton Times. No. 2024–47. p. 28. ISSN 2516-5348.
  5. ^ "Disused Stations: Scorton Station". disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Explore georeferenced maps - Map images - National Library of Scotland". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  7. ^ Oliver, Henry (1897). Hand-book and appendix of stations, junctions, sidings, collieries, works, &c (8 ed.). London: Oliver & Airey. p. 277. OCLC 921224812.
  8. ^ Hoole, Ken (1985). Railway stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 186. ISBN 0-7153-8527-5.
  9. ^ Suggitt, Gordon (2005). Lost railways of North and East Yorkshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-85306-918-5.

Sources

  • Hoole, Ken (1985). Railways in the Yorkshire Dales : a pictorial history. Clapham: Dalesman. ISBN 0-85206-826-3.
  • Ludlam, A. J. (1993). The Catterick Camp Military Railway and the Richmond Branch. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-438-5.
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