Milford Junction railway station
Milford Junction railway station was a railway station near to Milford Junction on the York and North Midland Railway south of the south-east connecting chord of 1840 between that railway and the Leeds and Selby Railway. The station closed on 1 October 1904, but the site remained in use for locomotive swapping. The station buildings were demolished in 1960.[1]
| Milford Junction | |
|---|---|
_railway_station_(site)%2C_Yorkshire_(geograph_6534198).jpg) Station site in July 2020. | |
| Location | |
| Place | South Milford |
| Area | North Yorkshire |
| Operations | |
| Original company | York and North Midland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | NER |
| History | |
| 1840 | Opened |
| 1904 | Closed |
| 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 | |
See also
- The film Brief Encounter and the one-act play upon which it was based Still Life were both set in a station called Milford Junction. The railway station scenes in the film were actually shot in Carnforth railway station in Lancashire.
References
- Ken Hoole (1986), A regional history of the railways of Great Britain. Vol 4, The North East (3rd ed.), David and Charles, p. 32
External links
- University of Portsmouth, "History of Milford Junction, in Selby and West Riding", A Vision of Britain through Time
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