Thorganby railway station
# Thorganby railway station

Thorganby railway station served the village of Thorganby, North Yorkshire, England from 1912 to 1964 on the Derwent Valley Light Railway. The station had services northwards to York (Layerthorpe railway station) and south to Cliffe Common, which was a station on the line between Selby and Market Weighton.

## History

Whilst the line was first proposed in 1898, it wasn't built until 1912. Thorganby station opened to passengers in July 1913, along with the other stations on the Derwent Valley Light Railway, and it closed to passengers in 1926. However, it was opened for goods traffic in October 1912 from Wheldrake south through Thorganby to Cliffe Common.

The station was 11.5 miles (18.5 km) south of York Layerthorpe railway station (the line's terminus) and 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north of the southern end of the line at Cliffe Common, though connections could be made there to Selby railway station, which was on the line between Selby and Market Weighton. The station was 0.75 miles (1.21 km) from the village of Thorganby, and was mainly built to encourage agricultural traffic. During the passenger carrying era, the service pattern was typically three return trains per day, though delays were frequent as the trains were mixed passenger and goods, and this involved some shunting at stations.

The station at Thorganby was on the east side of the line and had just one platform, though a passing loop was installed immediately south of the station and the goods yard had four sidings.

Complete closure to freight came in December 1964; only the station building remains, which is in a derelict state, however, the stationmasters house survives as a private dwelling.

