Pilmoor railway station
Pilmoor | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Former station master's house with outbuildings, used as a farmhouse (1995) | |
| General information | |
| Location | Sessay, North Yorkshire England |
| Coordinates | 54°09′12″N 1°17′39″W / 54.1534°N 1.2941°W |
| Grid reference | SE462733 |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| Key dates | |
| 20 September 1847 | Opened |
| 5 May 1958 | Closed |
Pilmoor railway station was in North Yorkshire, England, from 1847 to 1958, at the junction of the Great North of England Railway and the Pilmoor, Boroughbridge and Knaresborough Railway, about 6 miles (10 km) south-southeast of Thirsk[1] at the southern edge of the civil parish of Sessay. The scattered settlement of Pilmoor (in the civil parish of Brafferton), from which its name was derived, is located southwest of it.
History
The station opened on 20 September 1847 by the
The station was rebuilt during the Second World War in 1942, when the main line was widened to 4 tracks north towards Thirsk. A new main building and station master's house was provided as part of this work.[4]
The station was closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 5 May 1958,[5] eight years after the branch line to Knaresborough closed to all traffic and five years after the Pickering route also lost its passenger trains.[6]
References
- ^ John Marius Wilson (1870–1872). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.
- ISBN 0-7110-3003-0. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ISBN 0-85206-418-7.
- ^ "Pilmoor" Ormesby Hall Model Railway Group; Retrieved 21 June 2017
- OCLC 931112387.
- ^ Historic England. "Pilmoor Station (497526)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 11 May 2017.
External links
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Terminus | East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway Pilmoor, Boroughbridge and Knaresborough Railway |
Brafferton Line and station closed | ||
| Raskelf Line open, station closed |
North Eastern Railway
East Coast Main Line |
Sessay Line open, station closed | ||
| Husthwaite Gate Line and station closed |
Thirsk and Malton Line
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Sessay Line open, station closed | ||
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