Warthill railway station

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Warthill railway station was a station on the York to Beverley Line. It opened on 4 October 1847 and served the villages of Stockton-on-the-Forest and Warthill. It closed on 3 January 1959.

The former level crossing at Warthill Station was the first in the UK to have its manually-operated gates replaced by automatic lifting boom barriers activated by approaching trains. These were installed in 1953.

For a while the station was also the southern terminus of the Sand Hutton Light Railway.

[edit] References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. 
• Bairstow, Martin (1990). Railways In East Yorkshire. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-871944-03-1. 

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Earswick		NER York to Beverley Line		Holtby
Terminus		Sand Hutton Light Railway		Sand Hutton or Claxton