Burton Agnes railway station
Burton Agnes | |
|---|---|
North Eastern Railway | |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 6 October 1846 | opened |
| 5 January 1970 | closed |
Burton Agnes railway station was a minor railway station serving the village of
signal box
and station buildings all remain, the latter still used as a private house.
Accident
At 06:42 on 17 September 1947, an army lorry conveying German
Bedford three-ton truck used. The report concludes:
. Wadey.
There can be no criticism of the railway arrangements at the crossing and it is clear that this accident, which might well have had even more serious consequences, if, for instance, the couplings of the train had not held and the derailment of the leading van had been followed by that of the coaches behind it, was due to careless handling of the lorry by an unauthorised and apparently inexperienced driver, Staff Sgt
References
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- ^ "Railway Accident Report" (PDF). Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- OL 11956311M.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowthorpe Station closed; Line open |
Hull and Scarborough Line
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Carnaby Station closed; Line open | ||
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