Bainton railway station was a station on the Selby to Driffield Line

Selby to Driffield Line

The Selby to Driffield Line formed part of a railway which connected the East Coast Main Line and the Yorkshire Coast Line. It crossed largely flat terrain and the Yorkshire Wolds and serviced the towns of Selby, Market Weighton, and Driffield...

. It opened on 1 May 1890 and served the village of Bainton

Bainton, East Riding of Yorkshire

Bainton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south-west of Driffield. It is located on the A614 road.According to the 2001 UK census, Bainton parish had a population of 282.-External links:...

. It closed on 20 September 1954.

History

Opened by the Scarborough Bridlington and West Riding Junction Railway, then run by the North Eastern Railway

North Eastern Railway (UK)

The North Eastern Railway , was an English railway company. It was incorporated in 1854, when four existing companies were combined, and was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the Grouping in 1923...

, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway

London and North Eastern Railway

The London and North Eastern Railway was the second-largest of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain...

 during the Grouping

Railways Act 1921

The Railways Act 1921, also known as the Grouping Act, was an enactment by the British government of David Lloyd George intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition, and to retain some of the benefits which...

 of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways

Eastern Region of British Railways

The Eastern Region was a region of British Railways from 1948. The region ceased to be an operating unit in its own right in the 1980s and was wound up at the end of 1992...

 on nationalisation in 1948.