Kirbymoorside railway station

Kirbymoorside
Kirbymoorside
	The station in 2008
Location
Place	Kirkbymoorside
Area	Ryedale
Coordinates	54°15′56″N 0°55′46″W / 54.265670°N 0.929527°WCoordinates: 54°15′56″N 0°55′46″W / 54.265670°N 0.929527°W
Grid reference	SE698860
Operations
Original company	North Eastern Railway[1]
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 Jan 1874	Opened as; Kirby Moorside[1]
31 May 1948	Renamed Kirbymoorside[1]
2 Feb 1953	Closed to regular passenger traffic[1]
10 August 1964	closed completely
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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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 in 1953 but freight traffic and occasional special passenger trains continued until 1964.

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.^[3]

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

References

1 2 3 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. p. 135. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
↑ "Opening of the Railway between Helmsley and Kirby Moorside". York Herald. England. 3 January 1874. Retrieved 26 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
↑ Nick Catford. "Disused Stations: Kirbymoorside". Retrieved 22 May 2017.

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[Butt-1] 1 2 3 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. p. 135. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.

[2] "Opening of the Railway between Helmsley and Kirby Moorside". York Herald. England. 3 January 1874. Retrieved 26 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

[3] Nick Catford. "Disused Stations: Kirbymoorside". Retrieved 22 May 2017.