Place Ampleforth Grid reference SE574767 19 May 1853 Station opened | Area Ryedale Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway | |
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Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway Original company York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway | ||
Ampleforth railway station, served the village of Ampleforth, in the Northern English county of North Yorkshire. It was located on a line which ran from Pickering to the East Coast Main Line at Thirsk. The station was close to the noted Ampleforth College.
History
Opened by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, then absorbed by the North Eastern Railway the station joined the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station passed to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
The station was then closed by the British Transport Commission.
References
Ampleforth railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA