Holtby railway station was a station on the

York to Beverley Line York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a m ...

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, England. It opened as Gate Helmsley in 1848 and was renamed ''Holtby'' in 1872. Passenger services ended in 1939 and goods services in 1951.

History

Gate Helmsley station served the villages of

Gate Helmsley Gate Helmsley is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, about seven miles east of York. The village lies on the border with the East Riding of Yorkshire. History The village is mentioned in the ''Dome ...

and

Holtby Holtby is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 166. It lies close to the A166 about east of York. History The village is mentioned ...

. It first appeared in timetables in June 1848, after the railway between York and Market Weighton had already been opened on 1 October 1847. The station was renamed to Holtby on 1 February 1872 to avoid confusion with similarly named stations elsewhere, although Holtby is further away from the station than Gate Helmsley. It had two platforms and on the ''down'' side an L-shaped brick-built station building designed by

George Townsend Andrews George Townsend Andrews (19 December 1804 – 29 December 1855) was an English architect born in Exeter. He is noted for his buildings designed for George Hudson's railways, especially the York and North Midland Railway. Andrews' architect's p ...

which incorporated the stationmasters' home and the station offices. The ''up'' platform had a timber waiting shelter. The goods yard had only two sidings, one of them serving coal drops. It did not handle livestock. The station closed to passengers on 11 September 1939. Goods services ceased on 1 January 1951.

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* * Disused railway stations in North Yorkshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1939 1847 establishments in England Former York and North Midland Railway stations George Townsend Andrews railway stations {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub