Wheldrake railway station
railway station in Wheldrake, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK, now closed
Wheldrake railway station served the village of Wheldrake, East Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1913 to 1968 on the Derwent Valley Light Railway.
History
The station opened on 21 July 1913 on the Derwent Valley Light Railway. From the original plans for the DVLR, Wheldrake appears to have been intended to be a major intermediate station on line. There were plans to build a larger-than-usual goods yard and a full length loop. This never materialised, though Wheldrake was the location at which the only water tower between Layerthorpe and Cliff Common. The station was also allocated a total of 4 members of staff- a stationmaster and 3 porters. This again shows that the DVLR had high hopes for the station, as it was also the only station top conveniently serve the village it bore the name of. However by 1947, the 4 staff had been reduced to one- Porter-in-Charge Mr F. Stabler.
During the Second World War, Wheldrake's yard was taken over by the Royal Engineers, who used it for unloading bombs. These bombs were then stored in the yard or in the verges of nearby roads.
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