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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 remains of the train-shed can be seen as well as the backs of the station buildings. The large Queen Anne-style building beyond the station is the former HQ of the North Eastern Railway. The former York railway station served the city of York, England between 1841 and 1877. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1]
The station was opened on 14 December 1860 by the North Eastern Railway.It was only used on race days; an advertisement from 1866 by the Great Northern Railway for the York Races states that a special train will call at "Holgate Bridge Ticket Platform...[to] prevent crowding on the station platform [at York]. [1]
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The National Railway Museum was established on its present site, the former York North locomotive depot, in 1975, when it took over the former British Railways collection located in Clapham and the York Railway Museum located off Queen Street, immediately to the southeast of the railway station; [9] since then, the collection has continued to grow.
A woman who died after being set on fire on a New York City subway train this month has been identified, according to police. The woman was named as Debrina Kawam, 57, of Toms River, New Jersey ...
At approximately 7:30 a.m. EST on December 22, 2024, [6] [7] on a stationary F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station, a man approached the only other passenger on the train car, a woman who was sleeping, [3] [8] using a lighter to set fire to her clothing. The victim became engulfed in flames in a matter of seconds.
However, the proposal to re-open Goldsborough railway station to serve a new housing estate, would jeopardise reliable timings on the train service. [16] The £13 million scheme will be carried out over the summer and autumn of 2020 with improved signalling. This will allow two services an hour between York, Knaresborough and Harrogate. [17]