Baldersby railway station

Baldersby
Baldersby railway station in 1965
Location
Place	Baldersby
Area	Harrogate
Coordinates	54°11′48″N 1°27′38″W / 54.196747°N 1.460546°W / 54.196747; -1.460546Coordinates: 54°11′48″N 1°27′38″W / 54.196747°N 1.460546°W / 54.196747; -1.460546
Grid reference	SE352780
Operations
Original company	Leeds and Thirsk Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 June 1848	Station opens
July 1855	Station renamed Baldersby Gate
April 1863	Station renamed Baldersby
14 September 1959	Station closes
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Baldersby railway station was a railway station serving the village of Baldersby in North Yorkshire, England. It was located on a line from Melmerby, north of Ripon, to Thirsk on the East Coast Main Line.

History

Opened by the Leeds and Thirsk Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923.The line then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Transport Commission

The site today

The old trackbed peters out in a field and nothing remains of the station.

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Station on navigable O.S. map
• Railscot on the Leeds and Thirsk Railway