East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway






Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

Peak 45025 on the station avoiding line at York with a down freight in the summer of 1980. ...
John Furnevel 23/07/1980
An EE Type 4 coming off the York station avoiding line on the approach to Skelton Junction with a northbound ballast train in July 1980 . ...
John Furnevel 21/07/1980
Skelton Junction York, Leeds service passing. ...
Ewan Crawford //
View south from Skelton Junction as 47407 leaves York with a Newcastle train in 1980. ...
John Furnevel 23/07/1980
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150269 leaves the single track and enters Poppleton over the level crossing. ...
Ewan Crawford 31/03/2008
View towards Poppleton station from the west side of the level crossing in July 1989, looking towards York. ...
Ian Dinmore /07/1989
Start of the single line section to Hammerton (just beyond the crossing) on the York - Harrogate line. This view west shows the substantial modern ...
Mark Bartlett 28/04/2008
Poppleton part 2. The 13.29 ex-Leeds via Harrogate stands at Poppleton, from where it will continue on the last leg of its journey as the 14.33 ...
John Furnevel 24/04/2009
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The closed station at Hessay, now a private residence but with a signaller's office, on the York to Harrogate line, as seen from passing UK Railtours' ...
David Bosher 01/08/2015
The old station at Hessay on the Harrogate - York line in April 2009. The building is now a private house, although the annexe on the left provides ...
John Furnevel 24/04/2009
View from the old platform at Hessay (with permission) looking west towards Marston Moor, the distant for which is on the same post as the Hessay home ...
Mark Bartlett 30/04/2008
Looking north over the level crossing at Hessay on the Harrogate - York line in April 2009, with the closed (1958) station beyond. Accommodation for ...
John Furnevel 24/04/2009
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A York, Harrogate Leeds service with 144004 hurries through the closed station at Marston Moor on the single line section between Poppleton and ...
Mark Bartlett 15/12/2008
The signaller at Marston Moor was very friendly and happy to chat but her Border Terrier kept a wary eye on me from the small signal box on the old ...
Mark Bartlett 15/12/2008
Marston Moor closed nearly 50 years ago (17 September 1958) on the same day as nearby Hessay but still has a small signal box controlling the level ...
Mark Bartlett 28/04/2008
3 of 3 images.




Harrogate-York service at Hammerton. Start of double section after single. ...
Ewan Crawford //
This is the last surviving NER wooden cover for a lever frame. It is Grade 2 listed by Historic England, and is painted blue. So it has a green ...
Ken Strachan 10/04/2022
The Hammerton signaller hands the token for the single line section to Poppleton, through Marston Moor and Hessay, to the driver of 144004 on a York ...
Mark Bartlett 28/04/2008
Looking along the double track section towards Cattall and Knaresborough as the signaller closes the gates to road traffic. This station opened in ...
Mark Bartlett 28/04/2008
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Former Scotrail operated Bombardier Turbostar 3-coach DMU 170473 readies to depart Cattal for York with the 15.29 ex-Leeds via Harrogate Northern ...
David Pesterfield 15/06/2021
Former Scotrail operated Bombardier Turbostar 3-coach 170460 runs across the level crossing by Cattal station en route to Leeds, via Harrogate, with ...
David Pesterfield 15/06/2021
Former Scotrail 3 Coach Turbostar 170460 readies to depart Cattal with the 16.12 ex York to Leeds via Harrogate service. Of note is the substantial ...
David Pesterfield 15/06/2021
Platform scene at Cattal on the York - Harrogate - Leeds line. View from a train on 19 March 2014. ...
Bruce McCartney 19/03/2014
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Closed in 1958, the former station buildings at Goldsborough on the York - Harrogate line have since been converted to form a unique and interesting ...
John Furnevel 24/04/2009
Scene at Goldsborough station on the Leeds - Harrogate – York line in the late 1930s with a Sentinel steam railcar approaching from the ...
Dougie Squance (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //
View west over the former station at Goldsborough (closed 1958), standing alongside the York - Harrogate line (seen running past on the left). Now ...
John Furnevel 24/04/2009
Goldsborough on the Harrogate to York line closed in 1958 and just a plain single line passes the site. The station has been converted into a home ...
Mark Bartlett 28/04/2008
4 of 4 images.


This was a temporary terminus of the East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway before the line was extended west through Knaresborough Tunnel to the permanent, and shared, Knaresborough station.
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See also
Knaresborough Extension (York and North Midland Railway)