Cowton | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | East Cowton, Hambleton |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 54.4285°N -1.5103°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 2 |
Original: | Great North of England Railway |
Pregroup: | North Eastern Railway |
Postgroup: | London and North Eastern Railway |
Events: | Opened |
Years1: | [1] |
Events1: | Closed |
Cowton railway station is a disused station on the East Coast Main Line, it is situated in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire in England the station is situated around 0.5miles east of the village of East Cowton.
Several of the railway buildings have survived the closure of the station and were Grade II listed in 1987. They are presently used as residential properties.
The station was opened by the Great North of England Railway on 31 March 1841.[2] The station buildings and station master's house (which now identifies as a dwelling) were designed by Benjamin Green in a Jacobethan style. It is the oldest surviving of Green's stations, and the only survivor of the Great North of England Railway's wayside stations.