Malton railway station

Up until 1853 when the Thirsk and Driffield branches opened, there were only three passenger services each way on a weekday which called at all stations. Nearly thirty years later this had risen to 12 weekday services between York and Scarborough with an even split between local and express (usually fast from York to Malton) services. Two services operated on Sundays. In 1910 the number had risen to 14 express and three local services on a weekday. Three express and two local services operated on a Sunday. Services had fallen in 1929 to 16 trains – 11 express and 5 locals – with three express and one local service on Sundays. The local service was then withdrawn the following year and in…

The line from York to Scarborough was built by the York and North Midland Railway whose chairman was the railway king George Hudson who had business interests in Scarborough (the "Brighton of the north") and Whitby where he hoped to further develop the harbour. The consulting engineer was Robert Stephenson although for practical purposes John Cass Birkinshaw was the engineer responsible for building the line and his Malton-based engineer was Alfred Lamert Dickens, the younger brother of author Charles. A new wooden bridge was built over the Derwent and a new street called Railway Street joined the town centre to the new station site. The station buildings, which were opened in 1845, were…