Goldsborough railway station

Goldsborough
Location
Place	Goldsborough
Area	North Yorkshire
Coordinates	53°59′06″N 1°13′20″W / 53.9849°N 1.2222°W / 53.9849; -1.2222Coordinates: 53°59′06″N 1°13′20″W / 53.9849°N 1.2222°W / 53.9849; -1.2222
Grid reference	SE511546
Operations
Original company	East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
Post-grouping	LNER British Railways (North Eastern)
Platforms	2
History
February 1850 (1850-02)	Station opened
15 September 1958	Station closed to passengers
3 May 1965 (1965-05-03)	Station closed completely
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Goldsborough railway station was a railway station that served the village of Goldsborough, North Yorkshire, England from 1850 to 1965 on the Harrogate line.

History

The station opened in February 1850 by the East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway. The station was situated close to the A59 bridge over the railway. The NER estimated that the local population was 374 and 4,405 ticket were sold, which was a decent number for the time. In 1913, the goods traffic handled at the station were livestock and 251 tons of barley. The goods facilities and coal depot were located west of the up platform with a small timber warehouse beside the crossing. When the Second World War began, a huge brick buildings was built northwest of the station, which was a refrigerated cold store where the Ministry of Food could house emergency meat. On completion, two private sidings were provided running on either side of the brick monolith and two loop reception sidings. In the summer of 1958 the services at the station were reduced to one in each direction. The station closed to passengers on 15 September 1958 and to goods traffic on 3 May 1965.^[1]

In December 2017, it was proposed that the station could reopen to serve a new development nearby.^[2]

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