RAILSCOT | Thirsk

Thirsk

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Thirsk

Station code: THI National Rail
Where: Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, England
Opened on the Great North of England Railway.
Opened on the Leeds and Thirsk Railway.

Nearby stations Thirsk Town Topcliffe Sessay Baldersby Pickhill Otterington Sinderby Newby Wiske Melmerby Melmerby Pilmoor Brafferton Husthwaite Gate Northallerton Low Northallerton	Thirsk Town Junction Leake Limekilns Sessay Wood Junction Sunbeck Junction Cordio Junction Longlands Junction Bishophouse Junction Northallerton South Junction Kepwick Quarry Boroughbridge Gates Junction Castle Hills Inner Junction Northallerton East Junction Castle Hills Junction Boroughbridge Junction Whorlton Goods
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

21/07/1845	Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company incorporated, line receives act; Leeds to Thirsk with two branches to the Leeds and Bradford Railway one at Bramley and one at Holbeck, one curve to the Great North of England Railway at Thirsk, and two short branches to Harrogate and Knaresborough.

News items

27/01/2013	Study undertaken into reinstatement of railway line linking Harrogate to Northallerton [Northern Echo]

Books

Iron Roads North of Leeds: A Guide to the Scenic Railways in Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria