Burdale railway station

Burdale
The remains of the station in 1961
Location
Place	Burdale
Area	North Yorkshire
Coordinates	54°03′02″N 0°40′11″W / 54.050638°N 0.669800°W / 54.050638; -0.669800Coordinates: 54°03′02″N 0°40′11″W / 54.050638°N 0.669800°W / 54.050638; -0.669800
Grid reference	SE872624
Operations
Original company	Malton and Driffield Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	1
History
1853	Opened
1950	Closed
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Burdale railway station was on the Malton & Driffield Railway in North Yorkshire, England. It was situated just south of the 1,747-yard (1,597 m) Burdale Tunnel. It opened on 19 May 1853, and served both the hamlet and large quarry at Burdale, until it closed on 5 June 1950, with the rest of the line itself 8 years later in 1958.

Preservation

In October 2008, The Yorkshire Wolds Railway Restoration Project was formed by a group of enthusiasts with aim to restore at least a section (or 2) of the M&D railway line as a heritage attraction, marking it the only Heritage Railway in East Yorkshire,

Burdale railway station could also be restored as part of the restoration project and form part of the new Heritage Railway, making it one of the YWR's future aims of possible expansion within the near future.

View of Burdale Quarry showing course of disused railway line

View of Burdale Quarry

References

• Bairstow, Martin (1990). Railways In East Yorkshire. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-871944-03-1. 
• 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: Burdale". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2011. 

External links

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