Moulton | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | North Cowton, Richmondshire |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 54.4304°N -1.579°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 2 |
Original: | York and Newcastle Railway |
Pregroup: | North Eastern Railway |
Postgroup: | London and North Eastern Railway |
Years: | 10 September 1846 |
Events: | opened |
Years1: | 3 March 1969 |
Events1: | closed |
Moulton railway station was a railway station in what is now the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It was situated near the village of North Cowton.
Moulton was the Eryholme-Richmond branch line which was opened in 1846 by the York and Newcastle Railway Company. The line was closed for passengers in 1969[1] and completely a year later.
Despite being only about a quarter of a mile from North Cowton the station was named after the village of Moulton some 3miles away. This was to avoid confusion with a now disused station on the East Coast Main Line named Cowton serving the nearby village of East Cowton.
Moulton station house still survives, it is now used as a residential property, but the platform clock can still be seen on the wall.
The Richmond bound platform now forms part of the boundary wall to station house. The Darlington-bound platform still stands intact, though it is heavily overgrown with trees, bushes and bramble thickets.
The track bed is now used as an access road for a nearby smallholding, it is not officially recognised as a public right-of-way, though it has been used as a scenic footpath by local people for over 20 years.