Wheldrake railway station

{{Short description|Disused railway station in Wheldrake, East Riding of Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2020}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Wheldrake

| status = Disused

| image = File:Wheldrake railway station (site), Yorkshire (geograph 6134875).jpg

| caption = The site of the station in 2019

| borough = Wheldrake, East Riding of Yorkshire

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.8934|-0.9747|type:landmark_region:GB_scale:2000_source:Google| display=inline, title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SE674446|25|SE674446}}

| platforms = 1

| original = Derwent Valley Light Railway

| years = {{Start date|1913|07|21|df=yes}}

| events = Opened

| years1 = 1 September 1926

| events1 = Closed to passengers

| years2 = {{End date|1968|df=y}}

| events2 = Closed to freight

}}

Wheldrake railway station served the village of Wheldrake, East Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1913 to 1968 on the Derwent Valley Light Railway.

History

The station opened on 21 July 1913 on the Derwent Valley Light Railway. Just to the west was a goods yard. The station closed to passengers on 1 September 1926

{{cite book|last=Quick|first=M E|title=Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology|year=2002|publisher=Railway and Canal Historical Society|location=Richmond|page=425|oclc=931112387}} and to freight in 1968.{{PastScape|mnumber=1048626|mname=Wheldrake Station|access-date=19 January 2020}} The station building was dismantled and rebuilt in Murton Park in 1997.{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6134875|title=Wheldrake railway station (site),... (C) Nigel Thompson :: Geograph Britain and Ireland|work=Geograph|access-date=19 January 2020}}

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