Sawdon railway station explained

Sawdon
Status:Disused
Borough:Brompton-by-Sawdon, Scarborough
Country:England
Coordinates:54.2224°N -0.5493°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:1
Original:North Eastern Railway
Pregroup:North Eastern Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years:1882
Events:opened
Years1:1950
Events1:closed

Sawdon railway station was situated on the North Eastern Railway's Pickering to Seamer branch line in North Yorkshire, England. It served the village of Brompton-by-Sawdon and to a lesser extent Sawdon itself. The station was named Sawdon to distinguish it from an existing station called Brompton (on the Leeds Northern Railway), near Northallerton, also in North Yorkshire.[1] [2] The station opened to passenger traffic on 1 May 1882, and the last trains ran on 3 June 1950.[3] Sawdon was furnished with one platform, which had the station building on the northern side of the running line, and a small goods yard beyond the station building with an east facing connection to the main railway line.[4] The goods yard had a crane capable of lifting 1tonne, and was equipped to handle a variety of goods including live stock.[5]

The station has been restored completely, as holiday accommodation.[6]

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  1. Book: Hoole . K. . Railways of the North York Moors : a pictorial history . 1983 . Dalesman . Clapham . 0-85206-731-3 . 7.
  2. Dickinson . J. . Temporary light railways on Brompton & Wykeham Moors 1915-1920 . Transactions of the Scarborough and District Archaeological Society . 1977. 20. Scarborough Archaeological and Historical Society. 23 . Scarborough . 1474-1229 . 2324885.
  3. Book: Hoole . K. . Railway stations of the North East . 1985 . David & Charles . Newton Abbot . 0-7153-8527-5 . 186.
  4. Book: Lidster . J. Robin . Scarborough to Pickering Railway through time featuring the Forge Valley line . 2014 . Amberley Publishing . Stroud . 978-1445618272 . 46.
  5. Book: The Railway Clearing House handbook of railway stations, 1904. . 1970 . David & Charles . Newton Abbot . 0715351206 . 478.
  6. Book: Lidster . J. Robin . Scarborough to Pickering Railway through time featuring the Forge Valley line . 2014 . Amberley Publishing . Stroud . 978-1445618272 . 52.