Description and History of Site:-
Located within the Yorkshire Museum of Farming, Murton Park station was relocated from Wheldrake, a station on the disused Derwent Valley Light Railway. Conveniently, Murton Park station had been to the same design as that at Wheldrake. The DVLR was opened fully in 1913 and, unusually, was never part of the nationalisation of British railway lines in 1948 remaining privately owned for its whole working life. Eventually the line became unprofitable for both passenger and freight traffic and closed in 1981.
In 1990, the Great Yorkshire Railway Preservation Society relocated to the Murton Park site and commenced reconstructing a section of the old DVLR towards York. At this time the station was reconstructed using the original station buildings from Wheldrake, and the railway re-opened in 1993.

Further Reading and References:-
YAHS - Hatcher Card Index. Research funded by the Yorkshire Arts Association 1972.
Hatcher, J. The industrial architecture of Yorkshire. Phillimore, 1985.
https://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/51/Derwent.htm

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Key Words :- railway station

Viewing the Site :- Within a museum, open to the public

Address :- Murton Lane, Murton, York, North Yorkshire, YO19 5GH
Grid Ref :- SE 65078 52324
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.962913 , Long -1.009577
Local Authority :- York City Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - North Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Site conserved and open to the public
Site Dates :- c1913 -
Record Date :- 16 May 2015

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