Tadcaster railway station

Tadcaster
Location
Place	North Yorkshire
Coordinates	53°53′00″N 1°16′11″W / 53.8832°N 1.2697°WCoordinates: 53°53′00″N 1°16′11″W / 53.8832°N 1.2697°W
Grid reference	SE482432
Operations
Original company	York and North Midland Railway to 1854
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway 1854–1923
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway 1923–1948, British Railways (N.E region) 1948 to closure
Platforms	2
History
1848	Opened
1964	Closed to passengers
1966	Closed
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Tadcaster railway station was a railway station on the Harrogate to Church Fenton Line in North Yorkshire, England.

History

The station opened in 1848 as part of the Harrogate to Church Fenton Line of the York and North Midland Railway.^[1] Unlike other railway stations on the line, Tadcaster had fully enclosed platforms under a single station canopy.

The station closed to passenger traffic in 1964, goods traffic ended at Tadcaster in 1966.^[1]

Nothing now remains of the station and the site now forms part of an industrial estate just off Station Road with much of the trackbed in the area now largely removed, built on or integrated into the fields which it used to run over. Part of the trackbed is still visible over a bridge over the River Wharfe at nearby Boston Spa.

Sustrans are/were maintaining the line from Thorp Arch northwards past the site of the former Wetherby Racecourse Station to just short of the site of the former Wetherby (Goods) Station.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Stutton		Harrogate to Church Fenton Line		Newton Kyme Line closed; station closed

See also

• Tadcaster Viaduct

References

1. Historic England. "Tadcaster Station (497618)". PastScape. Retrieved 23 May 2012.

Sources

• Rogers, J. (2000), The railways of Harrogate and district, North East Railway Association

External links

• "Tadcaster Station", www.disused-stations.org.uk