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The railway line between York and Darlington was built by the Great North of England Railway, most of which was authorised in 1837; the line was formally opened on 30 March 1841. [2] The station at Thirsk, which opened to the public on 31 March 1841, was originally named Newcastle Junction. [3]
Thirsk Station. Thirsk railway station is 22.25 miles (36 km) north of York on the East Coast Main Line and situated 1.5 miles (2 km) from the centre of Thirsk, in Carlton Miniott. [citation needed] Bus services for York, Ripon, Northallerton and local villages stop in Thirsk market place. [citation needed] The A61, passes through Thirsk market ...
The station was opened with the line in January 1848 and initially only served freight traffic with passenger trains starting in June of the same year. [1] Passenger trains continued to use the station for seven years until all workings were diverted to serve Thirsk railway station (on the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway) leaving only freight trains serving Thirsk Town terminus.
The Thirsk and Malton line was a railway line that ran from ... was the Great North of England Railway's route ... below lists the locations of each station (except ...
The line was opened by the Leeds Northern Railway, in the 1850s. The Leeds and Thirsk Railway via Starbeck opened on 9 July 1848. In 1852 as the Leeds Northern Railway the extension to Northallerton and Stockton opened. The line then became part of the North Eastern Railway in the 1854 amalgamation. All three stations at Leeds (Central ...
The station opened on 1 June 1848 by the Leeds and Thirsk Railway, and was some 5 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (9.3 km) east of Ripon and 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4.0 km) west of Thirsk Town railway station. [1] The station was situated on the A167 road (which at the time was the Boroughbridge and Durham Turnpike), and was some 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (3.6 km) to the ...
York railway station is a principal stop on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) serving the cathedral city of York, North Yorkshire, England.It is 188 miles 40 chains (303.4 km) north of London King's Cross and, on the main line, it is situated between Doncaster to the south and Thirsk to the north.
The station dates from 1 September 1848 and was the first to serve Harrogate. Initially, intending passengers had to make the 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4 km) connection from the town on foot or by horse bus, as the Leeds and Thirsk Railway had elected to take an easily graded route to the east, rather than cross the Crimple Valley and serve the town itself.