Welbury_railway_station

Welbury railway station

Welbury railway station

Disused railway station in North Yorkshire, England

Welbury railway station was a railway station serving the village of Welbury in North Yorkshire, England. Located on the Northallerton to Eaglescliffe Line (now part of the North TransPennine route) it was opened on 2 June 1852 by the Leeds Northern Railway.[1] It closed to passengers on 20 September 1954[2] and closed completely in 1963.[3]

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The station was located 5.6 miles (9 km) north of Northallerton station and 8.7 miles (14 km) south of Eaglescliffe.[4]

The line is still open for passenger and freight trains, with TransPennine Express providing an hourly service between Manchester Airport, Middlesbrough and Redcar Central[5] and Grand Central providing five trains per day in each direction between Sunderland and London King's Cross.[6] Freight is mostly, steel, coal and biomass run by several operators.[7]

There is a level crossing at Welbury which is controlled by Low Gates box in Northallerton.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Body, G (1988). PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 137. ISBN 1-85260-072-1.
  2. [2]
    Burgess, Neil (2011). The lost railways of Yorkshire's North Riding. Catrine: Stenlake. p. 53. ISBN 9781840335552.
  3. [3]
    Historic England. "Welbury Station (500543)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  4. [4]
    Jacobs, Gerald (2006). Railway Track Diagrams Eastern. Bradford-On-Avon: Trackmaps. pp. 20, 47. ISBN 0-9549866-2-8.
  5. [5]
    "Download Timetables". First TransPennine. FTPE. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  6. [6]
    "Routes". Grand Central. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  7. [7]
    Rawlinson, Mark (October 2015). Freightmaster 79. Swindon: Freightmaster Publishing. p. 108. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
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