Warthill railway station

Warthill
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Location
Place	Stockton-on-the-Forest
Area	City of York
Coordinates
Grid reference	SE666570
Operations
Original company	York and North Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	2
History
4 October 1847	Opened
3 January 1959	Closed
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Warthill railway station was a station on the York to Beverley Line. It opened as Stockton station in 1847/8, was renamed to Stockton Forest (later Stockton-on-the-Forest) in 1867; in 1872 it became Warthill station. The station closed in 1959.

History

Stockton station opened on 4 October 1847 and served the villages of Stockton-on-the-Forest and Warthill in North Yorkshire, England.

In 1867 it was renamed, Stockton Forest, and renamed again Stockton-on-Forest soon after. On 1 February 1872 it was renamed Warthill station.

Between 1922 and 1932 the station was also the southern terminus of the Sand Hutton Light Railway. This railway supplied the estate of Sir Robert Walker.

The level crossing at Warthill station was the first in the UK to have its manually operated gates replaced by lifting boom barriers.

It closed on 3 January 1959.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Earswick		Y&NMR York to Beverley Line		Holtby
Terminus		Sand Hutton Light Railway		Sand Hutton or Claxton