Alne railway station explained

Alne
Status:Disused
Borough:Alne, Hambleton
Country:England
Coordinates:54.0934°N -1.2313°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:3
Original:Great North of England Railway
Pregroup:North Eastern Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years:31 March 1841
Events:Station opens
Years1:5 May 1958
Events1:Station closed for passengers
Years2:10 August 1964[1]
Events2:closed for goods

Alne railway station was a station which served the village of Alne in the English county of North Yorkshire. It was served by trains on the main line between York and Thirsk. From 1891 to 1957 it was the junction of the Easingwold Railway which connected the main line to the town of Easingwold. The station was 11mile north of York Station.[2]

History

Opened by the Great North of England Railway. It became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Eastern Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

In 1930, a third track was added at Alne and in 1959 fourth track was laid down. The station buildings were demolished in 1964 and since then, the line between York and Northallerton has been four tracks – two up lines and two down lines.[3]

Bradshaws Railway Timetable of 1922 indicates that there was eight trains per day in each direction on the Easingwold line.

Accident

The site today

Trains still pass at speed on the now electrified East Coast Main Line. Electrification was completed between York and Newcastle in 1990.[5]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Disused Stations website by N.Catford
  2. Book: Jacobs, Gerald. Railway Track Diagrams – Eastern. Trackmaps. 2006. 0-9549866-2-8. Bradford-On-Avon. 20A.
  3. Web site: History. www.alnevillage.co.uk. 19 October 2015.
  4. Book: Hoole, Ken . Ken Hoole

    . Ken Hoole . Trains in Trouble: Vol. 4 . 1983 . Atlantic Books . Redruth . 0-906899-07-9 . 31 .

  5. Web site: ECML Completion. The Railways Archive.