Gilling railway station is a disused railway station in
North Yorkshire
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,
England
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that served the village of
Gilling East
Gilling East is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, on the main B1363 road between York and Helmsley, south of Oswaldkirk and south of Helmsley. It is named "East" to distinguish it from Gilling We ...
. East of it, the
Gilling and Pickering line
The Gilling and Pickering line (G&P) was a railway line that ran from Gilling to Pickering in North Yorkshire, England.
The line was opened in stages between 1871 and 1875 and linked up with the Thirsk and Malton line (T&M) at Gilling and the ...
branched off the
Thirsk and Malton line.
History
The station opened in 1853. On 26 November 1875 a horse box and cattle truck in the last train from Thirsk to Malton derailed and were overturned. Three sheep were killed and passengers in the other carriages were seriously shaken.
Regular passenger services to Malton closed in 1930, between Thirsk and Pickering on 2 February 1953, but freight traffic and occasional special passenger trains continued to use the station until 27 July 1964.
Ampleforth College Tramway
Gilling was the station for passengers wishing to go to Ampleforth College and special trains would be run at the start and the end of term time. The college was equidistant between Ampleforth and Gilling Stations, but access was easier from Gilling.
On 3 August 1895 the college signed an agreement with the NER to build tramway from Gilling station. Construction of the gauge
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track tramway started in 1894 (a year before the agreement was signed) and it was opened by Christmas 1895 to connect Gilling with the College and its gasworks.
The tramway was built by Mr. White at a cost of £1,072 8s 7d ().
Open wagons were supplied to transport staff and pupils to the college from the station, but they were secondary to the main traffic which was coal for the gas boilers. Six tip wagons were provided by Alexander Penney and Sons, Engineers of London.
The line was horse-drawn throughout its history (though at least one diesel/petrol locomotive was used). For a time a winch was used using the steam engine in the mortar mill to haul wagons from the cricket pitch up hill to the building site where the monastery was being constructed.
It was closed sometime after 1923 when the college changed over to electric lighting. The exact date is not recorded but the agreement with the NER was terminated on 25 April 1929.
References
Further reading
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External links
Gilling station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
Disused railway stations in North Yorkshire
Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1853
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964
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