Amotherby railway station

Amotherby
General information
Location	Ryedale
History
Original company	York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
19 May 1853	Station opened
1 January 1931	Station closed to Passengers
After 26 June 1958	Station closed to Goods

Amotherby railway station, served the village of Amotherby, in the Northern English county of North Yorkshire. It was located on a local line which ran from Malton to a junction with the Pickering to Thirsk line at Gilling.

History

Opened by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, then absorbed by the North Eastern Railway the station joined the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. This company closed the station to passengers, although the goods service then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station was then closed completely by the British Transport Commission.

References

• 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.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.(Mis spells station name as Amotherley)
• Station on navigable O.S. map.

External links

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Barton le Street Line and station closed		North Eastern Railway Thirsk and Malton Line		Malton Line closed, station open