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York Railway Station

York railway station lies along one of the main routes serving the national railway system.  More than 6 million passengers use the station and it is linked to the national Railway |Museum, which is a major tourist attraction for train enthusiasts around the world as well as international and national visitors to the magnificent, historic City of York.

York has had a railway station as early as the 1840's, but not always on the same site of land.  The first station was operated by the York and Midland Railway company from its site on Queen Street, just outside walls of the City of York.  The major route to London was operated from here and soon became too busy for this small temporary station.  Another station was built by George Townsend Andrews, this time within the city walls and this remained York's mainline train station from the early 1840's to the mid 1870's, until the present day central station was erected.  The station built by George Townsend Andrews is still used today as offices although parts of its structure, such as the train-shed have long since been demolished.

The mainline station in operation in York today, was built in the mid 1870's and designed by architects William Peachey and Thomas Prosser, of the North Eastern Railway company.  The magnificent iron and glass roof arched over the station, presenting a wonderful spectacle of a building and one of the largest in the world at the time.  Originally built with 13 platforms, which were later extended in the early 1900's the station had a large footbridge running across the width of the main lines within the curved glass ceiling, leading to platform 9 and upwards.  The entrance to the station was via a large impressive rectangular framework, which had arches for access of passengers and vehicles all around it.  Over on the far side of the railway station was a link to the famous National Railway Museum via a series tunnels, footbridges and walkways.  The station also has a hotel attached to it and although it has changed ownership numerous times, it remains a popular modern, hotel which is frequented by rail travellers, business people and tourists to York.

The station is managed by Network Rail and many of the nation's major railway companies operate routes via York railway station.  These are Grand Central which has the mainline intercity 125 route from London to the North East of the UK, First TransPennine Express operating routes to Liverpool, Manchester, Scarborough and the North East, National Express East Coast also operating inter city 125 and 225 routes from London to Scotland, Cross Country serving routes as far a field as Wales, Scotland, the Midlands and South West and Northern Rail with services to Lancashire and Yorkshire including Greater Manchester and a few smaller seasonal rail operators.  York railway station is a landmark in the City of York and serves as an impressive introduction for visitors to this much loved historic city.