Does anyone remember the railway line from Hull to York via Market Weighton and Pocklington?

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• What is that supposed to mean? I asked this question because I keep reading that the aforementioned railway line closed in 1965. However, I distinctly remember travelling on it in 1973. How would that have been possible if it closed in 1965? As far as I remember myself, it closed in 1974, which would make more sense to someone who travelled on it in 1973.

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  by Andy B has left AB on August 7th, 2011

• Actually that is pretty cool...but i like twilight zone stuff like that! *crickets* just means that...silence...your question was so specific that noone knew what you ment or how to respond.
  
  Is it possible that part of the rail line tied into another one and the system you used was in service well into the 70's while the official line or the one referenced in your reading material was out of commission by the mid 60's? Just blindly guessing here, some lines just like highways intersect or have junction points. I dont know of any that span multiple carriers persay but wont rule it out as impossible.
  
  And then again perhaps it was a typo and they ment 1975????

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  by carman727 on August 7th, 2011

• "your question was so specific that noone knew what you meant or how to respond".
  
  It was a simple question about a once-existent railway line that sadly exists no more. How could anyone not know what it meant? People either know about that line or they don't, and I can see you are not familiar with it.
  
  "And then again perhaps it was a typo and they meant 1975?"
  
  If I had read that only once, maybe. However, every source I read says it closed in 1965. I say it closed in 1974, meaning it stopped running in 1974. Your suggested year of 1975, as it happens, was the year the tracks were removed.

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  by Andy B has left AB on August 7th, 2011

• specific has nothing to do with the simplicity of the question. A question no matter how simple in its nature about one particular line of track, especially one that hasn't existed longer than many of the posters on this board have been alive including myself would constitute not only specific but "very specific". No offense was ment by the comment. Simply that asking Americans if they remember one short stretch of track from 4 decades back says that you put a lot of faith in us as a nation as a whole. Most Americans cant remember what the top news stories were from 18 months ago unless you replay the video footage...LOL
  
  Being proactive...I would first ask a question...Has anyone ever ridden a train? I am sure i have met people who would say yes but I couldnt name a single soul who ever has, as it in itself is such an unusual question to ask someone...unless you are standing near a train or are blessed to live in a city that has a subway. I myself have never been on a train. I considered it once but Amtrak is ridiculously over priced considering that they can not get me to a destination in a reasonable time and wish to do so for TOP dollar!
  
  But yes, a general question followed by a description specific as needs be would be the way to go as we are the only 2 engaged in discouse about the subject. It would be more fun to have others to play with don't you agree? I had originally thought had you line been closer to idk Manhattan? (do they have trains in Manhattan?) That maybe someones ears would have perked up

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  by carman727 on August 7th, 2011

• No offense to Americans, but I was hoping a British AB user, or at least someone who knows about British railways, would answer this particular question. As an American you obviously haven't the foggiest idea about old railways in Britain. It would be a bit like asking me about American railways, about which I confess to knowing next to nothing.

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  by Andy B has left AB on August 7th, 2011