York
station
 Opened 1877
York
station Pre 1908 : Roy Lambeth
Website -
www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm |
  York
(14-05-67) : Roy Lambeth
61337 & 61030 |
  York
(18-02-67) : Roy Lambeth
1st photo 62046, 2nd photo 61337 & 61021 |
  York
MPD (18-02-67) : Roy Lambeth
62028 & 62001 at York MPD |
 York
MPD (1965) : Roy Lambeth
York MPD 1965 |
   York
station c1980 : David Webdale
55s aplenty in those days. |
  York
station c1980 : David Webdale |
  York
station c1980 : David Webdale |
 York
station c1980 : David Webdale
47 looking all purposeful like. |
  York
station c1980 : David Webdale
Class 08s |
  York
c1980 : David Webdale
Newcastle bound Passenger trains taken from Water End road bridge facing
York. |
  York
c1980 : David Webdale
Newcastle bound Passenger trains taken from Water End road bridge facing
York.
A good gricing spot as the driver often gave the engines a handfull as they
approached the straight. |
 York
c1980 : David Webdale
York bound 55 trundles under Water End road bridge. |
 Between
York & Church Fenton c1980 : David Webdale
Fun with trains. Racing on the 4 track section between York & Church
Fenton. I liked those days. |
Old York Station
Opened 04-01-1841 Closed 1877
Old York Station (25-04-11) : David Webdale
 Taken from the city wall next to Station road.
The
buildings which bridged from one side to the other have been
demolished allowing a view into the terminus,
the remnants of which
can be seen on the second & third storey levels. This original station
was opened on the 4th of January 1841.
The architect was George
Townsend Andrews. The original train shed was made of iron & was
demolished in 1965.
The fancy building in the
background is the original NER head office, see photo's below. |
 Old
York Station (09-02-13) : David Webdale
Taken from same spot as above couple of years later. |
 Old
York Station (09-02-13) : David Webdale
Taken from around the other side. Close up of the
re- instated canopies. originally butted up to the back of the hotel.
See aerial photo |
 Old York Station
Aerial photo showing original position of canopies
before the new build. |
 Old
York Station (25-04-11) : David Webdale
Closer view shows where the glass canopies butted up
to the end buildings.
The obvious later additions going across the window.
The tracks into the old station remained in use up until 1965 for
carriage storage & the railway buildings were converted into
offices. |
 Old
York Station (25-04-11) : David Webdale
View of the Buildings on Tanner Row. |
 Old
York Station (25-04-11) : David Webdale
Taken from the city wall next to Station Rise. The
war memorial, built by the NER & the station behind.
George Hudson House visible in the background. |
 Old
York Station (25-04-11) : David Webdale
Taken from the city wall next to Station Rise, NER head
office on the left. The building on the right, clad in sheeting, is
the hotel part of the station, designed by G.T Andrews. This was
completed in 1853 and was the first hotel to be incorporated into a
railway station.
After a visit by Queen Victoria, it was named The
Royal Station Hotel. |
 Old
York Station (09-02-13) : David Webdale
Taken from same spot as above couple of years later,
after the sheeting is removed. |
 Old
York Station (09-02-13) : David Webdale
From road level. |
 Old
York Station (09-02-13) : David Webdale
From road level, facing the other way. |
 Old
York Station (09-02-13) : David Webdale
Doorway |
 NER
head office (25-04-11) : David Webdale
Taken from Station Rise. The grand headquarters of
the North Eastern Railway. It took 6 years to build & was completed in
1906.
The architect was Horace Field who worked along side NER's company
architect William Bell. Inside there are marble floors and
Roman style mosaics.
The main doorway, visible on the right of photo,
faces the old station. |
 NER
head Office (09-02-13) : David Webdale
Close up of the NER crest, under the middle bay
window, shows the three constituent companies amalgamated in 1854.
They are - Top, York & North Midland Railway. Left, Leeds Northern
Railway. Right, York Newcastle & Berwick Railway. |
  NER
head Office (25-04-11) : David Webdale
The doorway facing the old station. After
nationalisation this building was used as British Rail's northern
headquarters,
later to be used by private rail operators. The
Strategic Rail Authority sold the building in 2005 ending 100 years of
railway ownership.
The Strategic Rail Authority was abolished on the 1st December 2006. |
Old York Station (25-04-11) : David
Webdale
 Taken from the city wall
above the 1839 archways & facing back towards Holgate Bridge junction. The railway alignment passing under Queen street clearly visible from
this angle. The new 1877 York station on the right & the Queen street
locomotive works on the left. The whole area around the George Hudson
house & George Stephenson House (behind me here) seems to be fenced
off from every angle, only Network Rail vehicles are visible. |
 Old
York Station (25-04-11) : David Webdale
View from the other side of Queen street, next to the locomotive works.
Visible beyond Queen street is the city wall. |
 Old
York Station (25-04-11) : David Webdale
Close up of the arches under Queen street. |
  Old
York Station city wall (25-04-11) : David Webdale
With the approval of the Yorkshire philosophical Society, G.T Andrews,
designer of the old station, designed these 70ft neo- Tudor archways
through the city wall. In 1839 it was decided the work should be
carried out by direct labour under the supervision of Andrews at a
cost of £1960. George Stephenson House on the right in the first
photo. |
  Old
York Station city wall (25-04-11) : David Webdale
Small hut next to the wall, looks a bit railwayesque to me. |
Queen Street railway museum
 Queen
Street railway museum, York. (nd) : Harry Naylor Holroyd
See also Vintage Carriages
Inside the old Queen Street railway museum, York. Unknown date.
The museum had been opened in 1922 by the North Eastern Railway. |
 Queen
street locomotive works (25-04-11) : David Webdale
Taken from the city wall.
This was the original York railway museum up until 1975 when the
National Railway Museum was opened at Leeman Road. |
