Wormald Green railway station

Wormald Green
Site north of the former station (2008)
General information
Location	Wormald Green, Harrogate England
Coordinates	54.078277°N 1.536785°W / 54.078277; -1.536785
Grid reference	SE304648
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Leeds & Thirsk Railway
Pre-grouping	Leeds Northern Railway North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER British Railways (North Eastern)
Key dates
1 June 1848 (1848-06-01)	Opened
18 June 1962	Closed to passengers
31 August 1964 (1964-08-31)	Closed completely

Wormald Green railway station served the village of Wormald Green, Harrogate, England from 1848 to 1964 on the Leeds-Northallerton Railway.

History

The station was opened on 1 June 1848 by the Leeds & Thirsk Railway. The station was situated on the south side of the Wormald Green - Markington Road, just west of its junction with Ripon Road on the A61. There were four sidings, two of which served a coal depot. Pepper's Lime quarry had a private siding. There were more sidings to the north serving Monkton Moor quarries. In 1911, the main freight handled at the station was barley (155 tons) and 128 wagons of livestock. After closure to passengers on 18 June 1962, the station was still open to goods traffic but it was downgraded to an unstaffed public delivery siding until its complete closure on 31 August 1964. The station building has since been extended and re-purposed as private occupation. A cattery has since been built at what was the southern end of the station.

External links

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Ripon Line and station closed		Leeds Northern Railway Leeds-Northallerton Railway		Nidd Bridge Line and station closed