Southburn railway station was a

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on the

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. It opened on 1 May 1890 and served the villages of

Southburn Southburn is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kirkburn, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the Yorkshire Wolds just south of the A164 road, approximately south-west of Driffield and north-west of ...

and Kirkburn in the

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. It closed on 20 September 1954 but the line remained open as a through route for excursions until complete closure on 14 June 1965. Little remains of the station with the exception of the platform edges and the station cottages. A farm building occupies the place of the demolished station building. Station Cottages Southburn

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Southburn 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 1890 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1954 {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub