Sessay Wood Jct. - Gilling Jct. - Scarborough Rd. Jct. - Malton East Jct.
Date Closed to Passenger Services
8 Sep 1962
Mileage Closed
23m 9c*
Stations Closed
Husthwaite Gate (02/02/1953); Coxwold (02/02/1953); Ampleforth (05/06/1950); Gilling (02/02/1953); Hovingham Spa (01/01/1931); Slingsby (01/01/1931); Barton-le-Street (01/01/1931); Amotherby (01/01/1931)
Services Operated
York - Helmsley - Pickering (Sunbeck Jct. - Gilling Jct.)
Gilling - Malton (Gilling Jct.- Scarborough Rd. Jct.)
Driffield - Malton (Scarborough Rd. Jct. - Malton East Jct.)
Seasonal Summer only Glasgow/Edinburgh/Newcastle - Scarborough trains (Sessay Wood Jct. - Malton East Jct.).
Timetable Reference
B1429 06 Oct-02 Nov 52 879; BR (NE) 18 Jun - 9 Sep 1962 Tables 1 & 32
Cobb Atlas Reference
424 46 72 - 426 79 71
Map
RCH Yorkshire North 1921
Further Notes
LTR Saturday.
01/01/1931 - local service (Gilling - Malton) withdrawn Gilling Jct.- Scarborough Rd. Jct.
05/06/1950 - local service (Driffield - Malton) withdrawn (Driffield West Jct.) - Scarborough Rd. Jct. - Malton East Jct.
02/02/1953 - local service (York - Helmsley - Pickering) withdrawn (Bishophouse Jct.) - Sunbeck Jct. - Gilling Jct. - (Mill Lane Jct. [Pickering]).
Entire section of line used by summer Saturday trains between Glasgow, Edinburgh & Newcastle and Scarborough avoiding York until LTR 08/09/1962 - BLN 426 p176/5. Interesting to note that these trains appeared in the timetable as "via Gilling", though neither the station nor the line appeared in any table or on the network map.
Malton East Jct. - Kirbymoorside used for excursions until LTR Sunday 03/05/1964 - DSW; RPSGB.
*RCH YN 1921.