Market_Weighton_railway_station

Market Weighton railway station

Disused railway station in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Market Weighton railway station was a railway station at the junction of the Selby to Driffield and York to Beverley lines in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Market Weighton
Station in 1940
General information
Location	Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire England
Coordinates	53.867815°N 0.664976°W / 53.867815; -0.664976
Grid reference	SE878421
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 British Railways
Key dates
1847	opened
29 November 1965^[1]	closed

History

It opened on 4 October 1847 and served the town of Market Weighton. The overall roof of the station was removed in 1947 and replaced with steel awnings. It closed after the last train ran on 27 November 1965, and the station buildings were demolished in 1979.

Station Masters

Thomas Lazenby
Henry Goldsbrough ???? – 1902 (afterwards station master at Ripon)
William Gill 1902^[2] – 1903 (formerly station master at Hutton Cranswick)
C. Horner 1903^[3] – 1909 (formerly station master at Haxby)
William J. Chapman 1909 – 1920^[4] (afterwards station master at Driffield)
T. Horsley 1920 – 1925
M. W. Scott 1925 – 1931
H. Hornby 1931 – 1940
Richard Tyreman 1940 – 1944^[5]
S. Wilkinson 1944^[6] – ????
Frederick George Saunders 1948^[7] – 1957
W. W. Dixon 1957 – ???? (formerly station master at Middleton on the Wold)
R. S. Jones 1961 –

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (September 2017)

References

[1]
Passengers No More by G.Daniels and L.Dench
[2]
"New Stationmasters". Hull Daily Mail. England. 18 August 1902. Retrieved 14 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
[3]
"Hunmanby". Driffield Times. England. 21 November 1903. Retrieved 14 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
[4]
"Retirement of Driffield Stationmaster". Driffield Times. England. 12 September 1925. Retrieved 14 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
[5]
"Market Weighton Stationmaster". Hull Daily Mail. England. 12 September 1925. Retrieved 14 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
[6]
"Market Weighton Stationmaster". Hull Daily Mail. England. 16 February 1944. Retrieved 14 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
[7]
"Leaving Post in Sunderland". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. England. 22 January 1948. Retrieved 14 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Market Weighton railway station.

Market Weighton station on navigable 1947 O.S. map
"Station Name: Market Weighton". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
Lyon, H. W. (1965). "No.6 Railway -Market Weighton railway station closure & demolition". Yorkshire Film Archive. Archived from the original on 30 July 2015.

More information Preceding station, Disused railways ...

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Everingham		Y&NMR / SB&WRJR Selby to Driffield Line		Enthorpe
Londesborough		Y&NMR York to Beverley Line		Kiplingcotes

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