An early hours blitz on York on April 29, 1942, caused substantial damage to York station as this view by the southfacing bays towards the city walls shows.
York is visited each year by many steam charter trains, and is the start and end point for the ‘Scarborough Spa Express’, seen here on a socially distanced train on August 20 hauled by LMS ‘Jubilee’ 4-6-0 No. 45699 Galatea, running as 45562 Alberta.
BRADLEY LANGTON
IT exudes all the style and detail one would associate with a large Victorian station, but while some of its contemporaries were designed to dominate their surroundings and show-off the railway’s presence, York is in contrast rather understated.