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 1-tonne (1.1-ton), and was equipped to handle a variety of goods including live stock.[5]
Sawdon | |
|---|---|
 The former station at Sawdon | |
| General information | |
| Location | Brompton-by-Sawdon, Scarborough England |
| Coordinates | 54°13′20″N 0°32′57″W / 54.222360°N 0.549250°W |
| Grid reference | SE946817 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | North Eastern Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1882 | opened |
| 1950 | closed |
The station has been restored completely, as holiday accommodation.[6]
References edit
- ^ Hoole, K. (1983). Railways of the North York Moors : a pictorial history. Clapham: Dalesman. p. 7. ISBN 0-85206-731-3.
- ^ Dickinson, J. (1977). "Temporary light railways on Brompton & Wykeham Moors 1915-1920". Transactions of the Scarborough and District Archaeological Society (20). Scarborough: Scarborough Archaeological and Historical Society: 23. ISSN 1474-1229. OCLC 2324885.
- ^ Hoole, K. (1985). Railway stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 186. ISBN 0-7153-8527-5.
- ^ Lidster, J. Robin (2014). Scarborough to Pickering Railway through time featuring the Forge Valley line. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 978-1445618272.
- ^ The Railway Clearing House handbook of railway stations, 1904. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. 1970. p. 478. ISBN 0715351206.
- ^ Lidster, J. Robin (2014). Scarborough to Pickering Railway through time featuring the Forge Valley line. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 978-1445618272.
- Bairstow, Martin (1998). Railways Around Whitby Volume One. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-87194-417-1.
- Lidster, J. Robin (1986). The Forge Valley Line – A Railway Between Pickering And Scarborough. Hendon Publishing Co. Ltd. ISBN 0-86067-103-8.
External links edit
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wykeham | Forge Valley Line | Snainton |
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