Burton Constable railway station was a railway station which served the villages of Marton and Burton Constable in the

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. It was on the

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. It opened on 28 March 1864 as "Marton", but was renamed "Burton Constable" on 1 August 1864, to avoid confusion with various other Martons elsewhere. It was renamed again (to avoid confusion with

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on the

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), on 1 January 1922 and became known as "Ellerby". It closed following the

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on 19 October 1964.

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Ellerby station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
Disused railway stations in the East Riding of Yorkshire Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1864 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Beeching closures in England Hull and Hornsea Railway {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub