Menthorpe Gate railway station was a station on the
Selby to Driffield Line
Selby is a market town and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England, south of York on the River Ouse, with a population at the 2011 census of 14,731.
The town was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until ...
in
North Yorkshire
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, England serving the village of
North Duffield
North Duffield is a village and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England. It was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. It lies about north-east of Selby and south-east of York, on the A163 road f ...
and the hamlets of
Menthorpe and
Bowthorpe
Bowthorpe is a suburban village to the west of Norwich, in the county of Norfolk, England.
Geography
Bowthorpe is primarily a residential area, but includes a large industrial estate (Bowthorpe Industrial Estate; occupied by mix-use commercia ...
. It appeared first in public timetables in 1851 and kept the "Gate" suffix when it was dropped from many other station names in 1864. In 1881, a station mistress is recorded.
The main station building, a two-storey brick building, was at the east end of the ''up'' platform, the signal box was on the west side of the level crossing on the ''down'' side of the line. The goods yard had two sidings and did not handle livestock.
The station closed to passengers on 7 December 1953 as the second of the intermediate stations on the line. It remained open for goods traffic until 27 January 1964. Station building and signalbox were dismantled in the early 1970s, only the crossing keeper's house still stands.
The 1881 census shows that Frances Calvert, a widow aged 69, was the "Station Mistress Railway" at Menthorpe Gate.
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Menthorpe Gate station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
Disused railway stations in North Yorkshire
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1853
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1953
Former York and North Midland Railway stations
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