Ainderby railway station

Ainderby
Ainderby
	The old station at Morton-on-Swale
Location
Place	Morton-on-Swale
Area	Hambleton
Coordinates	54.324499°N 1.498900°W
Grid reference	SE326922
Operations
Original company	York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
History
6 March 1848	Station opens
26 April 1954	Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
	Closed railway stations in Britain; A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Ainderby railway station was a railway station serving the villages of Ainderby Steeple and Morton-on-Swale in North Yorkshire, England.

History

Opened by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by British Railways when the Northallerton to Hawes service was withdrawn in April 1954.

The site today

Track still passes through the station site, providing rail access for the Wensleydale Railway which operates west from Leeming Bar. The line also sees occasional train loads of military equipment heading to or from Catterick Garrison via Redmire - these are operated by freight company EWS on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ainderby has been closed since 1954 however the Wensleydale Railway plans to reopen this station (as part of the extension to Northallerton). The former station house (like several others along the route) has survived demolition and is used as a private residence.

Preceding station		Disused railways	Following station
Scruton Line and station closed		North Eastern Railway York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway	Northallerton Line closed, station open
	Proposed Heritage railways
Scruton Line and station closed		Wensleydale Railway	Northallerton West Line closed, station open

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References

Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
Station on navigable O.S. map

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