Eryholme railway station

Eryholme railway station, originally named as Dalton Junction, was a railway station located on the East Coast Main Line between Northallerton and Darlington in North Yorkshire, England. It was the point at which the now closed Eryholme-Richmond branch line diverged from the East Coast Main Line.

Eryholme
General information
Location	Richmondshire England
Coordinates	54.449121°N 1.534181°W / 54.449121; -1.534181
Grid reference	NZ303060
Platforms	4
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	York and Newcastle Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
10 September 1846	Station opened as Dalton Junction
1 May 1901	Station renamed Eryholme
1 October 1911	Station closed to regular traffic
After 1920	Station closed completely
c.1944	Reopened for staff and military use.
1969	Station closed

Passing the site today passengers on the East Coast main Line would be hard pressed to pinpoint the location of Eryholme, as all signs of the station have been demolished.

The station probably saw its greatest number of passengers during World War II as it was the drop off point for servicemen arriving at the nearby RAF Croft. After the war it was also used by railwaymen living in nearby cottages for which trains stopped there but were not advertised in the timetables. This arrangement continued until 1969 when services on the Richmond Branch were withdrawn.

See also

• List of closed railway lines in Great Britain
• List of closed railway stations in Britain

References

• 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. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

External links

• Eryholme station, SubBrit disused stations project
• Station site on navigable 1947 O. S. map.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Cowton Line open, station closed		North Eastern Railway East Coast Main Line		Croft Spa Line open, station closed
Moulton Line and station closed		North Eastern Railway Eryholme-Richmond branch line		Terminus