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Welbury railway station was a railway station serving the village of
Welbury Welbury is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is about south of Appleton Wiske and north of Northallerton. The village is mentioned in the Domesday book (1086) as having 6 Geld units for tax ...
in
North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...
,
England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
. Located on the Northallerton to Eaglescliffe Line (now part of the ''North TransPennine'' route) it was opened on 2 June 1852 by the
Leeds Northern Railway The Leeds Northern Railway (LNR), originally the Leeds and Thirsk Railway, was an English railway company that built and opened a line from Leeds to Stockton via Harrogate and Thirsk. In 1845 the Leeds and Thirsk Railway received permission for ...
. It closed to passengers on 20 September 1954 and closed completely in 1963. The station was located north of Northallerton station and south of Eaglescliffe. The line is still open for passenger and freight trains, with
TransPennine Express TransPennine Express (TPE), legally First TransPennine Express Limited, is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that operates the TransPennine Express franchise. It runs regional and inter-city rail services between the major c ...
providing an hourly service between , and and Grand Central providing five trains per day in each direction between and . Freight is mostly, steel, coal and biomass run by several operators. There is a level crossing at Welbury which is controlled by Low Gates box in Northallerton.


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{{Railway stations in Hambleton District Disused railway stations in North Yorkshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1852 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1954 Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations 1852 establishments in England