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Slingsby railway station

Coordinates: 54°10′12″N 0°55′53″W / 54.170000°N 0.931250°W / 54.170000; -0.931250
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Slingsby
Site of Slingsby station in February 2008
General information
LocationSlingsby, North Yorkshire
England
Coordinates54°10′12″N 0°55′53″W / 54.170000°N 0.931250°W / 54.170000; -0.931250
Grid referenceSE698754
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyYork, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
19 May 1853opened
1 January 1931passenger service withdrawn
10 August 1964closed completely

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 on 19 May 1853 and closed to regular passenger trains on 1 January 1931,[1] 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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 391. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ Nick Catford (26 May 2017). "Slingsby". Disused Stations.
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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Hovingham
Line and station closed
  North Eastern Railway
Thirsk and Malton Line
  Barton le Street
Line and station closed