Eryholme railway station

Eryholme
Location
Area	Richmondshire
Coordinates	54°26′57″N 1°32′03″W / 54.449121°N 1.534181°W / 54.449121; -1.534181Coordinates: 54°26′57″N 1°32′03″W / 54.449121°N 1.534181°W / 54.449121; -1.534181
Grid reference	NZ303060
Operations
Original company	York and Newcastle Railway
Platforms	4
History
10 September 1846	Station opened as Dalton Junction
1 May 1901	Station renamed Eryholme
1 October 1911	Station closed to regular traffic
After 1920	Station closed completely
c.1944	Station reopened
1969	Station closed
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Eryholme railway station, sometimes referred to as Dalton Junction, was a railway station located on the East Coast Main Line between Northallerton and Darlington in North Yorkshire, England. It was the point at which the now closed Eryholme-Richmond branch line diverged from the East Coast Main Line.

Passing the site today passengers on the East Coast main Line would be hard pressed to pinpoint the location of Eryholme, as all signs of the station have been demolished.

The station probably saw its greatest number of passengers during World War II as it was the drop off point for servicemen arriving at the nearby RAF Croft. After the war it was also used by railwaymen living in nearby cottages for which trains stopped there but were not advertised in the timetables. This arrangement continued until 1969 when services on the Richmond Branch were withdrawn.

The station could be revived to serve Croft Circuit which is now on the site of RAF Croft. The volume of passengers on race days alone would make the revival worthwhile and help to ease the traffic congestion on the nearby roads. However the limited availability of train paths on the East Coast Main Line, especially for slow stopping services, means such a reopening is highly unlikely.

See also

• List of closed railway lines in Great Britain
• List of closed railway stations in Britain

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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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 

External links

• Eryholme station, SubBrit disused stations project
• Station site on navigable 1947 O. S. map.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Terminus		Eryholme-Richmond branch line		Moulton
	Historical railways
Croft Spa Station closed		East Coast Main Line Former local services		Cowton Station closed

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