Moulton railway station (North Yorkshire)
Moulton | |
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North Eastern Railway | |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
10 September 1846 | opened |
3 March 1969 | closed |
Moulton railway station was a
Moulton was the
Despite being only about a quarter of a mile from North Cowton the station was named after the village of Moulton some 3 miles (4.8 km) away. This was to avoid confusion with a now disused station on the East Coast Main Line named Cowton serving the nearby village of East Cowton.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Moulton_End_clock.jpg/150px-Moulton_End_clock.jpg)
Moulton station house still survives, it is now used as a residential property, but the platform clock can still be seen on the wall.
The Richmond bound platform now forms part of the boundary wall to station house. The Darlington-bound platform still stands intact, though it is heavily overgrown with trees, bushes and bramble thickets.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Moulton_End_Trackbed.jpg/200px-Moulton_End_Trackbed.jpg)
The track bed is now used as an access road for a nearby smallholding, it is not officially recognised as a public right-of-way, though it has been used as a scenic footpath by local people for over 20 years.
See also
- List of closed railway lines in Great Britain
- List of closed railway stations in Britain
References
Sources
- A.J.Ludlam (1993). The Catterick Camp Military Railway and the Richmond Branch. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-438-5
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Eryholme | Eryholme-Richmond branch line
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Scorton |
External links
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- Moulton Halt, SubBrit disused stations project
- Moulton station on navigable 1947 O. S. map