Moulton railway station (North Yorkshire) explained

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.

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  1. Book: Quick, M. E.. Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. 2002. Railway and Canal Historical Society. Richmond. 305. 931112387.