Huttons Ambo railway station

Huttons Ambo
Site of the former station in 2008
Location	High Hutton, Low Hutton and , Ryedale England
Coordinates	54°06′03″N 0°49′56″W / 54.100890°N 0.832310°W / 54.100890; -0.832310Coordinates: 54°06′03″N 0°49′56″W / 54.100890°N 0.832310°W / 54.100890; -0.832310
Grid reference	SE764678
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	York and North Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
5 July 1845	opened
22 September 1930	closed for regular passenger trains

Huttons Ambo railway station was a minor railway station serving the twin villages of High Hutton and Low Hutton, and the village of , in North Yorkshire, England, on the York to Scarborough Line.

The villages were previously known as and . They were coupled together in 1589 (Yorkshire Fines, Tudor, m., p. 107).

The station was opened on 5 July 1845 by the York and North Midland Railway. It closed to regular passenger traffic in 1930. The last station master was Mr Ken Collinson. The station was originally just named Hutton, but was renamed Huttons Ambo on 1 February 1885.

At one time, mathematician Karl Pearson's grandfather was stationmaster here, and was porter.

In 1913, legislation was passed for a narrow gauge railway to Burythorpe, but this was never implemented.

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External links[]

• Huttons Ambo station on navigable 1947 O. S. map

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