Ampleforth railway station

Disused railway station in North Yorkshire, England

54°10′59″N 1°07′15″W / 54.1830°N 1.1207°W / 54.1830; -1.1207Grid referenceSE574767Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyYork, Newcastle and Berwick RailwayPre-groupingNorth Eastern RailwayPost-groupingLondon and North Eastern RailwayKey dates19 May 1853Station opened5 June 1950Station closed

Ampleforth railway station, served the village of Ampleforth, in the Northern English county of North Yorkshire. It was located on a line which ran from Pickering to the East Coast Main Line at Thirsk. The station was close to the noted Ampleforth College although passengers for the college used the station at Gilling further east as this was more convenient for onward transfer to the college.

History

Opened by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway in May 1853,[1] then absorbed by the North Eastern Railway the station joined the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station passed to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.[2]

The station was located 8 miles (13 km) east of Sessay Wood Junction on the East Coast Main Line and 12 miles (19 km) west of Malton.[3] Ampleforth station was quite small as it was some 1.75 miles (2.82 km) distant from Ampleforth village and most passengers and traffic for the college alighted at, or were loaded at, Gilling station further east, which was also the terminus for the Ampleforth College Tramway.[4] The station consisted of one running line with one platform and a small goods yard which forwarded mostly livestock and potatoes with coal being the most common inward commodity.[5]

On 30 December 1865, a Gilling to Thirsk passenger train was running non-stop through the station when it was routed off the running line and onto the station siding. At the time, some builders were loading roof tiles onto their truck and one of them was killed. It was later determined that the points were set incorrectly for the siding and as the engine was running tender first, the driver's sight of the track ahead was hindered.[6]

The station was closed by the British Transport Commission in June 1950, three years before the rest of the stations on the line were closed down.[7] Following closure the station saw use as a camping cottage until 1962.[8]

References

  1. ^ Chapman, Stephen (2008). York to Scarborough, Whitby & Ryedale. Todmorden: Bellcode Books. p. 5. ISBN 9781871233193.
  2. ^ Suggitt, Gordon (2007). Lost Railways of North & East Yorkshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-1-85306-918-5.
  3. ^ Howat, Patrick (1988). The Railways of Ryedale and the Vale of Mowbray. Nelson: Hendon Publishing. pp. 2–3. ISBN 0-86067-111-9.
  4. ^ Young, Alan (2015). Lost Stations of Yorkshire; the North and East Ridings. Kettering: Silver Link. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-85794-453-2.
  5. ^ Hoole, Ken (1985). Railway Stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 151. ISBN 0-7153-8527-5.
  6. ^ "North Eastern Railway Ampleforth" (PDF). railwaysarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  7. ^ Burgess, Neil (2011). The Lost Railways of Yorkshire's North Riding. Catrine: Stenlake. p. 38. ISBN 9781840335552.
  8. ^ "Disused Stations: Ampleforth Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  • 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.

External links

  • Station on navigable O.S. map.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Coxwold
Line and station closed 		  North Eastern Railway
Gilling and Pickering Line 		  Gilling
Line and station closed
  North Eastern Railway
Thirsk and Malton Line