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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.
Andrews provided the favoured design for the requisite entry in the form of a Tudor arch. The new station was laid out to a plan by Robert Stephenson, which was a development of his plan for Euston station making allowances for York's status as a junction. Andrews designed the station buildings.
The inner suburban services mainly comprise services from Welwyn Garden City on the main ECML route and from Hertford North on the Hertford loop, branching off just south of Stevenage and immediately north of Alexandra Palace, to Kings Cross, or to Moorgate, branching off at Finsbury Park via the Northern City Line, in deep-level large-gauge tube tunnel south of Drayton Park.
The station in use in 1861. The first York railway station was a temporary building on Queen Street outside the walls of the city.It was opened in 1839 by George Hudson's York and North Midland Railway and was the terminus of the original trunk route for trains to London, [2] via Derby and Birmingham.
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The original engine sheds at York were built on the York South site and designed to service the original station which was a dead end terminus within the city walls (although there was a temporary station outside the city walls prior to this). As the railways developed it became apparent that this terminus was inadequate in terms of size and ...
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As a result of the main station in York being re-sited in 1877, the bridge is now only 130 feet (40 m) east of the platforms of York station. [ 14 ] The rebuild of 1874–1875, was prompted by the new station in York being constructed which required the bridge height to be increased by 4 feet (1.2 m).