York to Beverley Line
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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
, Market Weighton
and Beverley
.
(Y&NMR) and its chairman George Hudson
. Hudson, keen to maintain the Y&NMR's territorial monopoly in East Yorkshire, had bought the Londesborough Hall
estates near Market Weighton in 1845. This move saw off his rival, the Manchester & Leeds Railway who were threatening to build their own line to Hull through that area. Opposition to the scheme from the local canal owners was silenced after the Y&NMR bought them out at inflated prices.
Parliamentary approval for the new line was granted in 1846. The section of track between York and Market Weighton was built quickly due to the relatively easy terrain and opened on 3 October 1847. Intermediate stations were built at Huntington
, Stockton
, Gate Helmsley
, Stamford Bridge
, Fangfoss
, Pocklington
, Burnby
and Shiptonthorpe
. Hudson also had a private station
provided at Londesborough Hall for his own personal use. it closed in 1867.
The second part of the track from Market Weighton through the Wolds to Beverley was not completed for a further 17 years due to complications arising from Hudson's spectacular downfall amid financial scandal involving one of his other railway companies, the Eastern Counties Railway
. After Hudson's resignation in 1849 the Y&NMR suspended all its planned and ongoing projects, opting to consolidate rather than expand any further. The Y&NMR became part of the North Eastern Railway
(NER) in 1854.
Before the extension to Beverley could resume the NER had to resolve an ongoing dispute with the local MP
, Lord Hotham
who owned much of the land to the east of Market Weighton. He eventually agreed to allow the railway on his land providing he got his own station (at Kiplingcotes
) and that no trains ran on Sundays. The line was finally completed by the NER and the first through-train from Hull to York ran on 1 May 1865.
The NER's policy of not using duplicate or similar station names on its network so as to avoid potential confusion resulted in several name changes on the Hudson-built part of the line even though this in itself risked causing confusion by renaming stations after places some distance from where they were actually located. Huntington Station became Earswick, Stockton became Warthill, Gate Helmsley became Holtby, Burnby became Nunburnholme and Shiptonthorpe became Londesborough
The completed route left the Y&NMR's York to Scarborough Line
at Bootham Junction north of York and at the other end joined its Hull to Bridlington route
north of Beverley. Market Weighton
subsequently became the location of the junction between the York to Beverley Line and the Selby to Driffield Line
which led to the Yorkshire coast. The entire route had been double-tracked by 1889 and the level-crossing on the busy York to Scarborough main road
was replaced by an underbridge in the 1930s.
s to be used in Britain were installed at the level-crossing at Warthill station
. In May 1961 a contract for further modernisation work on the route was agreed with the engineering firm Westinghouse
. Within weeks the first consignments of equipment were being delivered to Pocklington. The main part of the plan was to reduce costs further by making the line single-track with passing loops at Pocklington and Market Weighton. Work was also set to include the conversion of 19 of the line's 22 remaining gated level-crossings to automatic half-barriers and an overhaul of the signalling system, allowing the whole route to be controlled from fewer signal boxes.
released his report
. The York to Beverley route was earmarked for closure by Beeching on the grounds that it was actually losing money when all the "terminal costs" were taken into account, and that closing the seemingly profitable line would create greater savings that were more beneficial than the income it was making. Beeching also argued that the majority of passengers were simply travelling between York and Hull and that the stations in-between were underused. This made the line an unnecessary duplicate of a different line between the two cities (the current Hull to York Line
via Selby
) despite the fact that the more direct line was far from underused. The election of a Labour government in 1964 appeared to hand the route a lifeline but Harold Wilson
quickly backtracked on his electoral promises to halt the rail closures. Protests from local authorities along the route and concerns of the official railways watchdog
were ignored and the Transport Secretary, Barbara Castle
approved the closure. The final trains ran on 27 November 1965 with the very last being a six-car DMU
running the 9:42 p.m. from York to Hull.
Four years after closure all the lands and assets of the mothballed route were sold off by British Rail mostly to local landowners and developers, resulting in the building of houses on parts of the route in built-up areas. Nonetheless the majority of the trackbed and several railway buildings survive to this day. Pocklington station (a Grade II listed building) has been preserved and is now the sports hall of Pocklington School
. In Stamford Bridge the station house and engine shed survive in other uses as do the platforms on both sides of the old trackbed. The impressive brick and cast-iron viaduct at Stamford Bridge that carried the line across the River Derwent
was spared from demolition in 1991 and subsequently repaired. Other railway and station buildings still survive in good condition at Warthill
, Holtby
, Fangfoss
, Nunburnholme
, Londesborough
, Cherry Burton
and Kiplingcotes
.
The substantial station buildings at Market Weighton were left abandoned before being pulled down in 1979 leaving no trace. Earswick
was the only other station on the line to be totally demolished although its position is marked by a railway signal which stands outside the pub
that now occupies the site. The trackbed between Market Weighton and Beverley is now the Hudson cycle path and is protected. The continuation of the line from Beverley to Hull was spared from closure and today forms the southern end of the Yorkshire Coast Line
between Hull and Scarborough.
roads, particularly the A1079
, are struggling to cope with increasing traffic to and from Hull. A report by the Carl Bro Group for East Riding of Yorkshire Council
in 2004 concluded that the project was feasible, but would cost around £239 million to build. The council subsequently gave their complete backing to the proposals, however no further developments have taken place.
Due to British Rail's selling off of the line's assets shortly after closure, parts of the trackbed in areas like Huntington, Stamford Bridge and Pocklington have now been irreversibly re-developed for housing. If the line is ever reconstructed at all it would be impossible for it to follow its original route the whole way.
However documents published in 2006 as part of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council's Local Development Framework Transport Development Plan suggest that new routes into and around these existing built up areas have been identified and safeguarded alongside potential sites for new stations. (Specifically See Section 5.5 : "Protecting New Transport Schemes" and Appendix 2 : Maps 5 and 6)
Additionally Section 6.63 of the Council's Core Strategy Document (published for public consultation in spring 2008) states:
Though it mentions the possibility of rail links to Carnaby - northwards of Beverley - the allocated land does not include space for a direct northbound connection, even though there is ample space in the proposed location to provide one.
as was the original 1841 station at York until the present station, designed by NER architects Thomas Prosser and William Peachey, opened in 1877.
Of the 12 intermediate stations between York and Beverley, only six (Earswick, Stamford Bridge, Pocklington, Londesborough, Market Weighton and Kiplingcotes) were still operating by the time the line closed in 1965.
The stations at York and Beverley remain open.
York
York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...
and Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
. It crossed the largely flat terrain of the Vale of York
Vale of York
The Vale of York is an area of flat land in the north-east of England. The vale is a major agricultural area and serves as the main north-south transport corridor for northern England....
before making its way through a gap in the Yorkshire Wolds
Yorkshire Wolds
The Yorkshire Wolds are low hills in the counties of East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire in northeastern England. The name also applies to the district in which the hills lie....
and serviced the towns of Stamford Bridge
Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire
Stamford Bridge is a village and civil parish on the River Derwent in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, approximately east of York.-Location and history:The village sits astride an ancient ford on the River Derwent....
, Pocklington
Pocklington
Pocklington is a small market town and civil parish situated at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, approximately east of York....
, Market Weighton
Market Weighton
Market Weighton is a small town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is one of the main market towns in the East Yorkshire Wolds and lies midway between Hull and York, about from either one...
and Beverley
Beverley
Beverley is a market town, civil parish and the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, located between the River Hull and the Westwood. The town is noted for Beverley Minster and architecturally-significant religious buildings along New Walk and other areas, as well as the Beverley...
.
Construction
The project for a railway between York and Hull via Beverley was instigated by the York and North Midland RailwayYork and North Midland Railway
The York and North Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom which opened in 1839, connecting York, with the Leeds and Selby Railway and in 1840 with the North Midland Railway at Normanton near Leeds.-Origins:...
(Y&NMR) and its chairman George Hudson
George Hudson
George Hudson , English railway financier, known as "The Railway King", was born, the fifth son of a farmer, in Howsham, in the parish of Scrayingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, north of Stamford Bridge, east of York. He is buried in Scrayingham...
. Hudson, keen to maintain the Y&NMR's territorial monopoly in East Yorkshire, had bought the Londesborough Hall
Londesborough Hall
Londesborough Hall was a country house in the village of Londesborough in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, close to the towns of Market Weighton and Pocklington....
estates near Market Weighton in 1845. This move saw off his rival, the Manchester & Leeds Railway who were threatening to build their own line to Hull through that area. Opposition to the scheme from the local canal owners was silenced after the Y&NMR bought them out at inflated prices.
Parliamentary approval for the new line was granted in 1846. The section of track between York and Market Weighton was built quickly due to the relatively easy terrain and opened on 3 October 1847. Intermediate stations were built at Huntington
Huntington, City of York
Huntington is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of City of York in North Yorkshire, England, on the River Foss, north of York and south of Strensall...
, Stockton
Stockton-on-the-Forest
Stockton-on-the-Forest is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. It is located to the east of the A64 road to Scarborough and the roundabout interchange of the A64 and the A1036...
, Gate Helmsley
Gate Helmsley
Gate Helmsley is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, about seven miles east of York.-External links:...
, Stamford Bridge
Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire
Stamford Bridge is a village and civil parish on the River Derwent in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, approximately east of York.-Location and history:The village sits astride an ancient ford on the River Derwent....
, Fangfoss
Fangfoss
Fangfoss is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately to the east of the city of York and north west of the town of Pocklington.Together with Bolton it forms the civil parish of Fangfoss with Bolton....
, Pocklington
Pocklington
Pocklington is a small market town and civil parish situated at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, approximately east of York....
, Burnby
Burnby
Burnby is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south east of the market town of Pocklington and north west of the market town of Market Weighton. It lies to the east of the A1079 road....
and Shiptonthorpe
Shiptonthorpe
Shiptonthorpe is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south east of the market town of Pocklington and north west of the market town of Market Weighton...
. Hudson also had a private station
Londesborough Park railway station
Londesborough Park railway station was a short lived private station on the York to Beverley Line at Loughborough. It was created as a private station for George Hudson of Londesborough Hall. It closed on January 1867.-References:...
provided at Londesborough Hall for his own personal use. it closed in 1867.
The second part of the track from Market Weighton through the Wolds to Beverley was not completed for a further 17 years due to complications arising from Hudson's spectacular downfall amid financial scandal involving one of his other railway companies, the Eastern Counties Railway
Eastern Counties Railway
The Eastern Counties Railway was an early English railway company incorporated in 1836. It was intended to link London with Ipswich via Colchester, and then on to Norwich and Yarmouth. Construction began in late March 1837 on the first nine miles, at the London end of the line.Construction was...
. After Hudson's resignation in 1849 the Y&NMR suspended all its planned and ongoing projects, opting to consolidate rather than expand any further. The Y&NMR became part of 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...
(NER) in 1854.
Before the extension to Beverley could resume the NER had to resolve an ongoing dispute with the local MP
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
, Lord Hotham
Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham
Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham , was a British soldier, peer and long-standing Conservative Member of Parliament....
who owned much of the land to the east of Market Weighton. He eventually agreed to allow the railway on his land providing he got his own station (at 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....
) and that no trains ran on Sundays. The line was finally completed by the NER and the first through-train from Hull to York ran on 1 May 1865.
The NER's policy of not using duplicate or similar station names on its network so as to avoid potential confusion resulted in several name changes on the Hudson-built part of the line even though this in itself risked causing confusion by renaming stations after places some distance from where they were actually located. Huntington Station became Earswick, Stockton became Warthill, Gate Helmsley became Holtby, Burnby became Nunburnholme and Shiptonthorpe became Londesborough
The completed route left the Y&NMR's York to Scarborough Line
York to Scarborough Line
The York to Scarborough Line runs between the city of York, England, and the town of Scarborough. Towns and villages served along the way are Malton, Norton-on-Derwent and Seamer.-History:...
at Bootham Junction north of York and at the other end joined its Hull to Bridlington route
Yorkshire Coast Line
The Yorkshire Coast Line is a railway line in northern England. It runs northwards from Hull Paragon to Bridlington and Scarborough calling at other intermediate stations.-History:...
north of Beverley. Market Weighton
Market Weighton railway station
Market Weighton railway station was a railway station at the junction of the Selby to Driffield and York to Beverley lines. It opened on 4 October 1847 and served the town of Market Weighton. The overall roof of the station was removed in 1947 and replaced with steel awnings. It closed on 27...
subsequently became the location of the junction between the York to Beverley Line and 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...
which led to the Yorkshire coast. The entire route had been double-tracked by 1889 and the level-crossing on the busy York to Scarborough main road
A64 road
The A64 is a road in North and West Yorkshire, England which links Leeds, York and Scarborough. The A64 starts as the A64 ring road motorway in Leeds and then is a dual carriageway for the rest of its route, except parts of the road from Malton to Scarborough.The road approximates a section of the...
was replaced by an underbridge in the 1930s.
Modernisation plan
Despite the closure of several under-performing stations in the 1950s the future of the line seemed assured by the start of the following decade. Nine trains ran in each direction each day with healthy passenger usage and the line was reportedly over £5,000 in profit. The first steps towards modernisation of the line had been taken as early as 1953 when the first lifting boom barrierBoom barrier
A boom barrier is a bar, or pole pivoted in such a way as to allow the boom to block vehicular access through a controlled point. Typically the tip of a boom gate rises in a vertical arc to a near vertical position. Boom gates are often counterweighted, so the pole is easily tipped...
s to be used in Britain were installed at the level-crossing at Warthill station
Warthill railway station
Warthill railway station was a station on the York to Beverley Line. It is actually closer to Stockton-on-the-Forest ....
. In May 1961 a contract for further modernisation work on the route was agreed with the engineering firm Westinghouse
Westinghouse Rail Systems
Westinghouse Rail Systems Ltd is a British supplier of railway signalling and control equipment to the rail industry worldwide. Its head office is in Chippenham, Wiltshire, where it manufactures a variety of mechanical and electrical/electronic railway signalling equipment...
. Within weeks the first consignments of equipment were being delivered to Pocklington. The main part of the plan was to reduce costs further by making the line single-track with passing loops at Pocklington and Market Weighton. Work was also set to include the conversion of 19 of the line's 22 remaining gated level-crossings to automatic half-barriers and an overhaul of the signalling system, allowing the whole route to be controlled from fewer signal boxes.
Closure
Very little work had been carried out before the modernisation scheme was suddenly halted in February 1962, with owners British Railways announcing that the plans had been suspended for "re-assessment". What was happening became clear on 27 March 1963 when Richard BeechingRichard Beeching
Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching , commonly known as Doctor Beeching, was chairman of British Railways and a physicist and engineer...
released his report
Beeching Axe
The Beeching Axe or the Beeching Cuts are informal names for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard...
. The York to Beverley route was earmarked for closure by Beeching on the grounds that it was actually losing money when all the "terminal costs" were taken into account, and that closing the seemingly profitable line would create greater savings that were more beneficial than the income it was making. Beeching also argued that the majority of passengers were simply travelling between York and Hull and that the stations in-between were underused. This made the line an unnecessary duplicate of a different line between the two cities (the current Hull to York Line
Hull to York Line
The Hull to York Line is a railway line in northern England. It runs from Hull north west to York, via Selby.Between Selby and York services can take one of two routes. Most services run via Sherburn-in-Elmet, but there is also a more direct route which follows the East Coast Main Line to...
via Selby
Selby
Selby is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Situated south of the city of York, along the course of the River Ouse, Selby is the largest and, with a population of 13,012, most populous settlement of the wider Selby local government district.Historically a part of the West Riding...
) despite the fact that the more direct line was far from underused. The election of a Labour government in 1964 appeared to hand the route a lifeline but Harold Wilson
Harold Wilson
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...
quickly backtracked on his electoral promises to halt the rail closures. Protests from local authorities along the route and concerns of the official railways watchdog
Transit watchdog
A transit watchdog is an individual or group that provides public comment regarding public transit operations. Transit watchdogs attract a variety of contributors, from transit users to railfans, who offer feedback about service, operations, and funding matters....
were ignored and the Transport Secretary, Barbara Castle
Barbara Castle
Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn , PC, GCOT was a British Labour Party politician....
approved the closure. The final trains ran on 27 November 1965 with the very last being a six-car DMU
Diesel multiple unit
A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages powered by one or more on-board diesel engines. They may also be referred to as a railcar or railmotor, depending on country.-Design:...
running the 9:42 p.m. from York to Hull.
The line today
Pocklington School
Pocklington School, is an independent school in Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1514 by John Dolman. The school is situated in of land, on the outskirts of a small market town, from York and from Hull. It is an Anglican foundation and Friday morning church is...
. In Stamford Bridge the station house and engine shed survive in other uses as do the platforms on both sides of the old trackbed. The impressive brick and cast-iron viaduct at Stamford Bridge that carried the line across the River Derwent
River Derwent, Yorkshire
The Derwent is a river in Yorkshire in the north of England. It is used for water abstraction, leisure and sporting activities and effluent disposal as well as being of significant importance as the site of several nature reserves...
was spared from demolition in 1991 and subsequently repaired. Other railway and station buildings still survive in good condition at Warthill
Warthill railway station
Warthill railway station was a station on the York to Beverley Line. It is actually closer to Stockton-on-the-Forest ....
, Holtby
Holtby railway station
Holtby railway station was a station on the York to Beverley Line. It opened on 4 October 1847 and served the villages of Gate Helmsley and Holtby. It closed on 9 September 1939.-External links:*...
, Fangfoss
Fangfoss railway station
Fangfoss railway station was a station on the York to Beverley Line. It opened on 4 October 1847 and served the village of Fangfoss. It closed on 3 January 1959.In 1987 the station was given a Grade II listed building status.-External links:...
, Nunburnholme
Nunburnholme railway station
Nunburnholme railway station was a railway station on the York to Beverley Line. It opened on 4 October 1847 and served the villages of Nunburnholme and Burnby. It closed on 31 March 1951.-References:...
, Londesborough
Londesborough railway station
Londesborough railway station was a station on the York to Beverley Line. It opened on 4 October 1847 and served the villages of Shiptonthorpe and Londesborough. The station was originally named Shipton & Londesborough, was renamed to Shipton in April 1864 and became Londesborough in January 1867....
, Cherry Burton
Cherry Burton railway station
Cherry Burton railway station was a railway station on the York to Beverley Line. It opened on 1 May 1865 and served the village of Cherry Burton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It closed on 5 January 1959.-External links:*...
and Kiplingcotes
Kiplingcotes railway station
Kiplingcotes railway station was a minor railway station on the York to Beverley Line, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Opened on 1 May 1865 it served the nearby village of Kiplingcotes. It was built originally for the personal use of local landowner and MP, Lord Hotham as an incentive for...
.
The substantial station buildings at Market Weighton were left abandoned before being pulled down in 1979 leaving no trace. Earswick
Earswick railway station
Earswick was a station on the York to Beverley Line. It opened on 4 October 1847 and served the villages of Huntington and New Earswick. It closed on 27 November 1965. The aptly named Flag and Whistle pub now occupies the site where the station once stood....
was the only other station on the line to be totally demolished although its position is marked by a railway signal which stands outside the pub
Public house
A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
that now occupies the site. The trackbed between Market Weighton and Beverley is now the Hudson cycle path and is protected. The continuation of the line from Beverley to Hull was spared from closure and today forms the southern end of the Yorkshire Coast Line
Yorkshire Coast Line
The Yorkshire Coast Line is a railway line in northern England. It runs northwards from Hull Paragon to Bridlington and Scarborough calling at other intermediate stations.-History:...
between Hull and Scarborough.
Reopening?
In recent years there has been considerable public support among local residents for the reopening of the line between York and Beverley. There has even been campaigning to this effect, led largely by the Minsters Rail Campaign pressure group who argue that the railway was unfairly closed and that East Yorkshire'sEast 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...
roads, particularly the A1079
A1079 road
The A1079 is a major road in northern England. It links the cities of York and Kingston upon Hull, both in Yorkshire.-Route:The road begins in central York, heading east initially as Lawrence Street and then Hull Road. After it meets the A64 at a grade separated roundabout and gains primary status...
, are struggling to cope with increasing traffic to and from Hull. A report by the Carl Bro Group for East Riding of Yorkshire Council
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...
in 2004 concluded that the project was feasible, but would cost around £239 million to build. The council subsequently gave their complete backing to the proposals, however no further developments have taken place.
Due to British Rail's selling off of the line's assets shortly after closure, parts of the trackbed in areas like Huntington, Stamford Bridge and Pocklington have now been irreversibly re-developed for housing. If the line is ever reconstructed at all it would be impossible for it to follow its original route the whole way.
However documents published in 2006 as part of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council's Local Development Framework Transport Development Plan suggest that new routes into and around these existing built up areas have been identified and safeguarded alongside potential sites for new stations. (Specifically See Section 5.5 : "Protecting New Transport Schemes" and Appendix 2 : Maps 5 and 6)
Additionally Section 6.63 of the Council's Core Strategy Document (published for public consultation in spring 2008) states:
...it is recommended that land for the following strategic infrastructure
and transport schemes be protected from conflicting development:
Railways
Beverley to York railway route; and
Rail links to employment land at Melton, Hedon Haven and Cranaby [sic] (if allocated).
Though it mentions the possibility of rail links to Carnaby - northwards of Beverley - the allocated land does not include space for a direct northbound connection, even though there is ample space in the proposed location to provide one.
Stations
Stations along the closed route from York to Beverley. All the stations between Earswick and Market Weighton were designed by the eminent railway architect George Townsend AndrewsGeorge Townsend Andrews
George Townsend Andrews was an English architect born in Exeter. He is noted for his buildings designed for George Hudson's railways, especially the York and North Midland Railway...
as was the original 1841 station at York until the present station, designed by NER architects Thomas Prosser and William Peachey, opened in 1877.
Of the 12 intermediate stations between York and Beverley, only six (Earswick, Stamford Bridge, Pocklington, Londesborough, Market Weighton and Kiplingcotes) were still operating by the time the line closed in 1965.
The stations at York and Beverley remain open.
- YorkYork railway stationYork railway station is a main-line railway station in the city of York, England. It lies on the East Coast Main Line north of London's King's Cross station towards Edinburgh's Waverley Station...
(Branched off from York to Scarborough LineYork to Scarborough LineThe York to Scarborough Line runs between the city of York, England, and the town of Scarborough. Towns and villages served along the way are Malton, Norton-on-Derwent and Seamer.-History:...
) - EarswickEarswick railway stationEarswick was a station on the York to Beverley Line. It opened on 4 October 1847 and served the villages of Huntington and New Earswick. It closed on 27 November 1965. The aptly named Flag and Whistle pub now occupies the site where the station once stood....
- WarthillWarthill railway stationWarthill railway station was a station on the York to Beverley Line. It is actually closer to Stockton-on-the-Forest ....
(Connected to Sand Hutton Light Railway) - HoltbyHoltby railway stationHoltby railway station was a station on the York to Beverley Line. It opened on 4 October 1847 and served the villages of Gate Helmsley and Holtby. It closed on 9 September 1939.-External links:*...
- Stamford BridgeStamford Bridge railway stationStamford Bridge railway station was a railway station on the York to Beverley Line. It opened on 4 October 1847 and served the village of Stamford Bridge in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England...
- FangfossFangfoss railway stationFangfoss railway station was a station on the York to Beverley Line. It opened on 4 October 1847 and served the village of Fangfoss. It closed on 3 January 1959.In 1987 the station was given a Grade II listed building status.-External links:...
- PocklingtonPocklington railway stationPocklington railway station was a station on the York to Beverley Line that served the town of Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It opened on 4 October 1847 and closed on 27 November 1965....
- NunburnholmeNunburnholme railway stationNunburnholme railway station was a railway station on the York to Beverley Line. It opened on 4 October 1847 and served the villages of Nunburnholme and Burnby. It closed on 31 March 1951.-References:...
- Londesborough ParkLondesborough Park railway stationLondesborough Park railway station was a short lived private station on the York to Beverley Line at Loughborough. It was created as a private station for George Hudson of Londesborough Hall. It closed on January 1867.-References:...
(Private station for the Londesborough HallLondesborough HallLondesborough Hall was a country house in the village of Londesborough in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, close to the towns of Market Weighton and Pocklington....
estate.) - LondesboroughLondesborough railway stationLondesborough railway station was a station on the York to Beverley Line. It opened on 4 October 1847 and served the villages of Shiptonthorpe and Londesborough. The station was originally named Shipton & Londesborough, was renamed to Shipton in April 1864 and became Londesborough in January 1867....
- Market WeightonMarket Weighton railway stationMarket Weighton railway station was a railway station at the junction of the Selby to Driffield and York to Beverley lines. It opened on 4 October 1847 and served the town of Market Weighton. The overall roof of the station was removed in 1947 and replaced with steel awnings. It closed on 27...
(Junction with Selby to Driffield LineSelby to Driffield LineThe 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...
) - KiplingcotesKiplingcotes railway stationKiplingcotes railway station was a minor railway station on the York to Beverley Line, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Opened on 1 May 1865 it served the nearby village of Kiplingcotes. It was built originally for the personal use of local landowner and MP, Lord Hotham as an incentive for...
- Cherry BurtonCherry Burton railway stationCherry Burton railway station was a railway station on the York to Beverley Line. It opened on 1 May 1865 and served the village of Cherry Burton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It closed on 5 January 1959.-External links:*...
- BeverleyBeverley railway stationBeverley railway station serves the town of Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Yorkshire Coast Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services...
(Connected to Yorkshire Coast LineYorkshire Coast LineThe Yorkshire Coast Line is a railway line in northern England. It runs northwards from Hull Paragon to Bridlington and Scarborough calling at other intermediate stations.-History:...
to CottinghamCottingham railway stationCottingham railway station serves the village of Cottingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Yorkshire Coast Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services....
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