Burton Constable railway station

This article is about a railway station in the East Riding of Yorkshire. For the similarly named railway station in North Yorkshire, see Constable Burton railway station.

Burton Constable railway station was a railway station which served the villages of Marton and Burton Constable in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was on the Hull and Hornsea Railway.

Burton Constable
Site of the former station in 2009
General information
Location	New Ellerby, East Riding of Yorkshire England
Coordinates	53.8380°N 0.2250°W / 53.8380; -0.2250
Grid reference	TA168394
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Closed
History
Original company	Hull and Hornsea Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
28 March 1864 (1864-03-28)	Opened as Marton
1 August 1864	Renamed Burton Constable
1 January 1922	Renamed Ellerby
19 October 1964 (1964-10-19)	Closed

It opened on 28 March 1864 as "Marton", but was renamed "Burton Constable" on 1 August 1864, to avoid confusion with various other Martons elsewhere. It was renamed again (to avoid confusion with Constable Burton on the Wensleydale Railway), on 1 January 1922 and became known as "Ellerby". It closed following the Beeching Report on 19 October 1964.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Ellerby-1st station		North Eastern Railway Hull and Hornsea Railway		Whitedale

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
• "Station Name: Ellerby". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. 20 April 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2011.

External links

• Ellerby station on navigable 1947 O. S. map