Kiplingcotes railway station was a minor railway station on the

York–Beverley line The York–Beverley line was a railway line between York, Market Weighton and Beverley in Yorkshire, England. The line was sanctioned in 1846 and the first part, the York to Market Weighton Line opened in 1847. Construction of the second part t ...

, in the

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. It opened on 1 May 1865 and served the nearby village of

Kiplingcotes Kiplingcotes is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north-east of the market town of Market Weighton, and to the west of Etton. The hamlet is mentioned in the Domesday Book as ''Climbicote'', havin ...

. It was built originally for the personal use of a local landowner and MP, Lord Hotham, as an incentive for him to allow the railway to pass through his estates. The station closed after the last train ran on 27 November 1965 along with the rest of the line. The station building, platforms and signal box survive unaltered, as does the station master's house.

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Station on navigable 1947 O.S. map
* Disused railway stations in the East Riding of Yorkshire Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations Beeching closures in England Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1865 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965 {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub