Castle Howard Railway Station

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Castle Howard railway station was a minor railway station serving the village of Welburn and the stately home at Castle Howard on the York to Scarborough Line and was opened on 5 July 1845 by the York and North Midland Railway. The architect was George Townsend Andrews. It closed to passenger traffic on 22 September 1930 but continued to be staffed until the 1950s for small volumes of freight and parcels. The station was often used by the aristocracy, notably Queen Victoria when she visited Castle Howard with Prince Albert as a guest of Earl of Carlisle in August 1850. A road was built from the station to the stately home. Parts of this road can still be seen to the North side of Whitwell-on-the-Hill. The station is now a private residence.