Holtby railway station was a station on the York to Beverley Line in North Yorkshire, England. It opened as Gate Helmsley in 1848 and was renamed Holtby in 1872. Passenger services ended in 1939 and goods services in 1951.[1]
Holtby | |
|---|---|
,_Yorkshire_(geograph_3578234).jpg) The former station in 2010 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Gate Helmsley, North Yorkshire England |
| Coordinates | 53°59′46″N 0°56′24″W / 53.9962°N 0.9400°W |
| Grid reference | SE695560 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | York and North Midland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1848 | Opened as Gate Helmsley |
| 1872 | Renamed into Holtby |
| 11 September 1939 | Closed to passengers |
| 1 January 1951 | Closed to goods |
History
editGate Helmsley station served the villages of Gate Helmsley and Holtby. It first appeared in timetables in June 1848, after the railway between York and Market Weighton had already been opened on 1 October 1847. The station was renamed to Holtby on 1 February 1872 to avoid confusion with similarly named stations elsewhere, although Holtby is further away from the station than Gate Helmsley. It had two platforms and on the down side an L-shaped brick-built station building designed by George Townsend Andrews which incorporated the stationmasters' home and the station offices. The up platform had a timber waiting shelter. The goods yard had only two sidings, one of them serving coal drops. It did not handle livestock. The station closed to passengers on 11 September 1939. Goods services ceased on 1 January 1951.[1]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warthill | Y&NMR York to Beverley Line |
Stamford Bridge |
References
edit- ^ a b Nick Catford (16 April 2011). "Station Name: Holtby". Disused Stations. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
Sources
edit- Bairstow, Martin (1990). Railways In East Yorkshire. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-871944-03-1.
- 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. pp. 101, 122. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
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