Kirby railway station was a railway station on the

York and North Midland Railway The York and North Midland Railway (Y&NMR) was an English railway company that opened in 1839 connecting York with the Leeds and Selby Railway, and in 1840 extended this line to meet the North Midland Railway at Normanton near Leeds. Its first c ...

's branch line to Pickering. Named after the village of

Kirby Misperton Kirby Misperton is a small village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England and has a population of around 370. Geography It is about south from Pickering by road and about north from Malton, just west of the A1 ...

, it opened in October 1845. It closed on 1 October 1858. Some authorities refer to this station as "Black Bull or Kirby"Black Bull being a reference to the (much nearer) public house, which also gave its name to the nearby level crossing on the Pickering– Malton road. The station house, which still stands, was built in stoneunusual for minor stations which were more commonly built in brick (as was nearby Marishes Road). Indeed, the Y&NM crossing keeper's house at the adjacent crossing was in brick. The NER built a short terrace of four houses between the station building and Black Bull level crossing for

platelayer A platelayer (British English), fettler (British English – UK, Australia, NZ) or trackman (American English) is a railway employee who inspects and maintains the permanent way of a railway, usually under the charge of a foreman called (in UK ...

s and labourers.

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* Disused railway stations in North Yorkshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1845 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1858 Former York and North Midland Railway stations George Townsend Andrews railway stations Pickering, North Yorkshire {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub