Garton railway station

Garton
Location
Place	Garton-on-the-Wolds
Area	East Riding of Yorkshire
Coordinates	54°00′30″N 0°30′19″W / 54.008269°N 0.505371°WCoordinates: 54°00′30″N 0°30′19″W / 54.008269°N 0.505371°W
Grid reference	SE980579
Operations
Original company	Malton and Driffield Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	1
History
1853	Opened
1950	Closed
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Garton railway station (SE980579) was a railway station on the Malton & Driffield Railway (MDR) in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It opened on 19 May 1853, and served the village of Garton-on-the-Wolds. It closed on 5 June 1950.

Garton was the least important station on the MDR, handling fewer passengers than any other.^[1]

References

1. Burton, Warwick. Malton & Driffield Junction Railway. Martin Bairstow. p. . ISBN 1-871944-16-3.

Sources

• 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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
• "Station Name: Garton". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2011.

External links

• Garton station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
• Garton station at The Yorkshire Wolds Railway Restoration Project

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Wetwang		North Eastern Railway Malton & Driffield Railway		Driffield