Slingsby railway station

Slingsby
Site of Slingsby station in 2008
Location
Place	Slingsby
Area	Ryedale
Coordinates	54°10′12″N 0°55′53″W / 54.170000°N 0.931250°W / 54.170000; -0.931250Coordinates: 54°10′12″N 0°55′53″W / 54.170000°N 0.931250°W / 54.170000; -0.931250
Grid reference	SE698754
Operations
Original company	York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	1
History
1853	opened
1931	passenger service withdrawn
1964	closed completely
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Slingsby railway station is a disused railway station that served the village of Slingsby in North Yorkshire, England. It was built on the orders of the Earl of Carlisle, the local landowner, opened in 1853 and closed to regular passenger trains on 1 January 1931, but remained open for freight traffic and occasional special passenger trains until 10 August 1964. The station was the only one on the Thirsk and Malton line to be built of stone. It had a single platform that was originally very low, but parts of it were raised to the standard height for NER platforms of 2' 6" after 1865. The goods yard consisted of four sidings, three on the up side and one on the down side of the line. A passing loop on the latter siding that had been taken out of use early in the station's history was reinstated and lengthened in 1943 for unloading ammunition. There were a brick and a timber warehouse, a second brick warehouse was built in 1858 at the request of a corn merchant.^[1]

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• Slingsby station on navigable 1947 O. S. map