Carlton Towers railway station

Carlton Towers railway station served the village of Carlton, Selby, England from 1885 to 1959 on the Hull and Barnsley Railway.

Carlton Towers
The site of the station in 2007
Location	Carlton, Selby, Selby District England
Coordinates	53.718°N 1.0197°W
Grid reference	SE647250
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Hull, Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Hull and Barnsley Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
27 July 1885	Opened as Carlton
1 July 1922	Name changed to Carlton Towers
1 January 1932	Closed to passengers
1959	Closed completely

History

The station opened as Carlton on 27 July 1885 by the Hull, Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway. 'Towers' was added on to its name on 1 July 1922. The station closed to passengers on 1 January 1932[1] and to goods traffic in 1959.[2][3]

References

1. M E Quick, Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology, The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 108
2. "Carlton Towers railway station (site), Yorkshire". Geograph. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
3. Historic England. "Carlton Towers Station (500205)". PastScape. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Kirk Smeaton		Hull, Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway Hull and Barnsley Railway		Drax Abbey
Snaith and Pollington		Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint Railway Gowdall & Braithwell Railway		Drax Abbey