Where is Potto railway station?

Potto railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.4347°, -1.2751°.

Heritage railway stations · North East England

Potto railway station

Potto railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.

Dusk at Preston's of Potto's haulage depot - geograph.org.uk - 1005366 — Steve F — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Potto railway station is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

Photo gallery

From the Wikipedia article

Potto railway station was a railway station built just north of the village of Potto in North Yorkshire, England. The station was on the North Yorkshire and Cleveland's railway line between Picton and Stokesley. The line was extended progressively until it met the Whitby and Pickering Line at Grosmont. Potto station was closed in 1954 to passengers and four years later to goods.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Background

History

The station was opened with the line in 1857 when the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway Company built their line between Picton and Stokesley. Picton became a north facing junction on the Leeds Northern Railway that allowed services on the line through Potto to work between Stockton and . The line and stations were taken over by the North Eastern Railway (NER) in 1859. The station was in use for passengers until 1954 when the line became freight only, with freight being withdrawn by December 1958. During the last few years of operation, only the eastbound track was used through the station, whilst the westbound track was used for wagon storage. The station had only nine stationmasters,…

Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.