Milford Junction railway station
Former railway station in North Yorkshire, England
53°46′16″N 1°14′15″W / 53.7710°N 1.2375°W / 53.7710; -1.2375
Milford Junction | |
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Station site in July 2020 showing Milford Sidings | |
General information | |
Location | South Milford, North Yorkshire England |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | York and North Midland Railway |
Pre-grouping | NER |
Key dates | |
1840 | Opened |
1904 | Closed |
Milford Junction railway station was a railway station near to Milford Junction on the York and North Midland Railway south of the south-east connecting chord of 1840 between that railway and the Leeds and Selby Railway. The station closed on 1 October 1904, but the site remained in use for locomotive swapping. The station buildings were demolished in 1960.[1]
See also
- The film Brief Encounter and the one-act play upon which it was based Still Life were both set in a station called Milford Junction. The railway station scenes in the film were actually shot in Carnforth railway station in Lancashire.
References
- ^ Ken Hoole (1986), A regional history of the railways of Great Britain. Vol 4, The North East (3rd ed.), David and Charles, p. 32
External links
- University of Portsmouth, "History of Milford Junction, in Selby and West Riding", A Vision of Britain through Time
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Burton Salmon | NER York and North Midland Railway | Sherburn-in-Elmet Line and station open | ||
Gascoigne Wood Junction Line open, station closed |
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Railway stations in the Selby District
- Church Fenton
- Hensall
- Selby
- Sherburn-in-Elmet
- South Milford
- Ulleskelf
- Whitley Bridge
- Balne
- Barlow
- Bolton Percy
- Burton Salmon
- Carlton
- Cawood
- Cliffe Common
- Drax Abbey
- Drax Hales
- Duffield Gate
- Escrick
- Gascoigne Wood Junction
- Hambleton
- Heck
- Menthorpe Gate
- Milford Junction
- Monk Fryston
- Newton Kyme
- Riccall
- Selby Brayton Gates
- Skipwith
- Stutton
- Tadcaster
- Temple Hirst
- Thorganby
- Wistow
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