Newby Wiske railway station

Newby Wiske
Site of the station in 2008
General information
Location	North Yorkshire
Coordinates	54.2896°N 1.4441°W / 54.2896; -1.4441
Platforms	2
History
Original company	Leeds Northern Railway
Pre-grouping	Leeds Northern Railway North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
2 June 1852 (1852-06-02)	Station opened
20 September 1915	Station closed to passengers as a wartime economy measure
April 1920	Station reopened
11 September 1939	Last train called at station
2 September 1946	Official passenger closure date
11 November 1963 (1963-11-11)	Station closed completely

Newby Wiske railway station was a railway station that served the village of Newby Wiske, North Yorkshire, England from 1852 to 1963 on the Leeds-Northallerton Railway.

History

The station opened on 2 June 1852 by the Leeds Northern Railway. The station was situated on the west side of West View. The station originally had one low platform although this was rebuilt along with a second platform when the line was doubled in 1901. The station had full goods yard facilities on the up side of the line, which was accessed from the south. The layout was changed when the line doubled in 1901 with three sidings, two serving a loading dock and the other serving a coal depot. The main goods traffic at the station was barley, with 428 tons being dispatched from it in 1911. Only one wagon of livestock was loaded at the station in 1913. The station was closed due to the First World War on 20 September 1915 but it reopened in April 1920 with only one up train and two down trains. The station was once again closed due to the Second World War on 11 September 1939, although it never reopened. The official date of closure to passengers was on 2 September 1946 and closed to goods traffic on 11 November 1963.

In April 1918, the tender of a steam train travelling between Northallerton and Ripon at 50 miles per hour (80 km/h), came off the rails to the north of the station, but stayed upright and the effect of its derailing caused the train to split in two. The engine driver managed to stop the train on Maunby Bridge (over the River Swale) some 1.9 miles (3 km) after the initial derailment. The rear seven detached carriages tore the line up after the locomotive and came to a rest just before the bridge and narrowly avoided falling down the 20 feet (6.1 m) embankment into the River Swale. A fire broke out in the third carriage caused by a ruptured gas pipe, but it was extinguished by the guard. Of the 160 people aboard the train, only three minor injuries were recorded.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Northallerton		Leeds Northern Railway Leeds-Northallerton Railway		Pickhill Line and station closed