Londesborough railway station

Londesborough railway station was a station on the York to Beverley Line in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It opened on 4 October 1847 and served the villages of Shiptonthorpe and Londesborough. The station was originally named Shipton & Londesborough, was renamed to Shipton in April 1864 and became Londesborough in January 1867. It closed after the last train ran on 27 November 1965.

Londesborough
Former station building in 2008, converted to a house
Location	Shiptonthorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire England
Coordinates	53.8828°N 0.7054°W
Grid reference	SE851437
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	York and North Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Railways
Key dates
1847	Opened
29 November 1965[1]	Closed

References

1. Passengers No More by G.Daniels and L.Dench

• Bairstow, Martin (1990). Railways In East Yorkshire. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-871944-03-1.
• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.

External links

• Londesborough station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
• "Station Name: Londesborough". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Londesborough Park		Y&NMR York to Beverley Line		Market Weighton