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A small but busy crossing provided with an open air ground frame together with block bell and line occupation repeaters inside the station building.

The geographic location of the station can be seen on a current OS Map. The map will place this location at the centre of the map panel, roll the mouse over the icon(s) to reveal what they represent. Increase the scale using the scale selector on the left to separate closely positioned icons.

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Video Credits

Filmed by: George Duncan & Richard Pulleyn
Filmed on: Tuesday 5 May 2015
Narrator: Phil Graham and Richard Pulleyn
Crossing Keeper: Alex Osborne
Local Operations Manager: Jon Derrick
Video Editor: George Duncan

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Key Chronology

1848 Line opened by East & West Yorkshire Junction Railway.
1852 East & West Yorkshire Junction Railway become part of the York and North Midland Railway.
1854 York and North Midland Railway become part of the newly created North Eastern Railway.
1972 Hammerton to Poppleton singled.

 


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