£9.95
Warwick Burton
Publication Date: 1997
Format & Edition: Paperback, First Edition
Pagination: 89 Pages, 100 Illustrations
Condition: New
Genre: LNER
Status: In Stock, One Copy
The Malton & Driffield Junction Railway by Warwick Burton.
The Malton & Driffield Railway was, for most of its 105 years of operation, an obscure country branch, linking two secondary lines. Like many such lines it is a ‘main line that never was’. It was conceived as a trunk route linking the coalfields of the North East with the burgeoning port of Hull. Its origins were stormy and construction plagued with difficulties. What is more, it was one of the four original constituents of the mighty North Eastern Railway.
This book provides a detailed history of the line, its stations, the war years, the quarries and details of staff. The line closed to passenger traffic in 1950 with the closure for all traffic in 1958.
The Genesis of the Line
Construction Starts
Financial Crisis
Completion
Opening and Amalgamation
Operating the Line
Stations and Staff
A Changing World
The Quarries
The Final Years
Closure and After