Kiplingcotes railway station was a minor railway station on the York to Beverley Line

York to Beverley Line

The York to Beverley Line formed the major part of a railway which ran directly between the English cities of York and Hull. It crossed the largely flat terrain of the Vale of York before making its way through a gap in the Yorkshire Wolds and serviced the towns of Stamford Bridge, Pocklington,...

, in the East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire

The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...

, England

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. Opened on 1 May 1865 it served the nearby village of Kiplingcotes

Kiplingcotes

Kiplingcotes is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north east of the market town of Market Weighton. to the east lies Etton.It is split between the civil parishes of Dalton Holme and Etton....

. It was built originally for the personal use of local landowner and MP

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, Lord Hotham

Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham

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 as an incentive for him to allow the railway to pass through his estates. The station closed on 27 November 1965. The station building, platforms and signal box still survive unaltered.