The Lost Stations of York

Did you know York once had SEVEN stations? Now you do! Come along and explore them.

[michaela.chmieloski]

After ten minutes I now know more about York's railway stations than I learned in my first 61-plus years. Thanks, RLR.

[steveosborne]

The problem is with most of the closures, especially the Beeching ones, at the time yeah they probably were not required . However now probably three-quarters of those lines that were closed are now desperately needed as commuter lines to take traffic off the roads .
That whole period in the 1960s really just shows the shortsightedness of the existing government .
So many of those old lines have now been re-constituted as tramways or in some cases guided bus ways

[Deetyork]

Copmanthorpe on York’s outskirts also had a station 1839-1959 on the York-Normanton line.

[adamc]

Bone cracking flu, out on my a**e...what to do...REDISCOVERING LOST RAILWAYS UPLOAD!!! A beacon of hope in the morass of my self pity! Thank you sir!

[stevieinselby]

I learned about the original terminus inside the walls, because I was working for the council when they moved into it.
It's a shame you didn't get to look inside the offices, there are some really nice features, such as exterior walls (complete with drainpipes) inside, as the original buildings formed a horseshoe around the platforms, and where the platforms were is now infilled as open-plan office space, but the original buildings house meeting rooms around the outside.

[june]

My brother and I as kids spent hours playing in York station, we had to buy a platform ticket in those days.

[stephenharper]

As soon as I saw this upload to YouTube I was watching it, one of the best researchers and disused railways YouTube channels out there, always a joy, keep up the amazing work as always

[bryanerde]

I was posted to RAF Staxton Wold in 1966 and we visited York regularly; the old station was in use as museum then, a bit cramped and nothing like the variety of stock that the current one has. Later I worked at the Agricultural College and visited Layerthorpe for supplies; the Derwent Valley Railway was still extant then and ran occasional specials. Happy days!

[thefettfan]

In these modern times with growing, busy populations its more than likely that those featured stations would now be a welcome godsend in the needs for public transportation! Nice feature indeed!!

[johnrobinson]

Thank you for another informative and interesting video. Dreadfully sad that some of these lovely station buildings are no more. Shame on the developers and planners. Beautifully produced and narrated as usual.

[cycklist]

Your videos are breathtakingly good 👍 So evocative, and so well researched.

[colinday]

Very professionally done! Well done on another great video. Also well done for keeping the railway history alive.

[josephj]

Nice video of these lost stations. I would ask if you could add a map with the location of the stations for future videos. It could add some perspective of the areas of the cities that would have benefited from them.

[michaelpilling]

I lived in york from 1976 to 1979. I knew about the original York station within the city walls but knew, a little about the others. Excellent video, well made, full of historical facts and information.

[Dan]

I'm from York so found this extremely enjoyable, thank you!

As for the question at the end, I'd love to see us get more stations as currently we heavily rely on other forms of transport to get us to the station in the first place before even getting a train. It's nice that Poppleton station stayed open, but others like Copmanthorpe (on the ECML about 4 miles south of York station) and Haxby would benefit the local areas it would serve; the latter so much that they're starting work on building a new station there right now. It is annoying that I live a 5 minute walk from the railway, but a 25 minute walk to the station, but we have a decent bus service and most routes go to the station anyway so I think it'll stay a dream for now.

[bobsrailrelics]

Another fact packed video. Visited the city last year, wish I had seen this before I went. Thank you.

[Omega]

I was born and still live in a York, The Derwent Valley Light Railway ran behind my parents house we used to watch the trains going past from when the goods wagons were pulled by Steam locos up until the mid 60s when diesel shutters were used.
I remember the level crossing at New Earswick and the DMUs at Rowntree Halt, sadly as most of us do we take things for granted expecting the railways to always be there.
I had a camera in those days but never thought to capture the everyday railway activity.
Great video by the way👍🏻

[gareththomas]

extremely well done and very interesting-you should do a similar video on Swansea's lost city centre stations, which at one time had seven stations

[TheGalacticEmperorOfLabels]

Your videos are an oasis of calm in my life. I would love to buy you a beer. As always, thank you.

[Darth_Chicken]

Excellent doccumentry. I lived in York for many years until recently and did not know about all that shown here. I do remember seeing the diesel locos operating in front of Rowntrees. I believe at least one of them is now in preservation.