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york railway station is a main line railway station in the historic city of york . it lies on the east coast main line ( ecml ) 303 km ( 188½ miles ) north of londons kings cross station towards edinburghs waverley station . originally it was part of the northeastern railway . the first york railway station was a temporary building on queen street outside the walls of the city , opened in 1839 by the york and north midland railway , and was the terminus of the original trunk route for trains to london , via derby and birmingham . a second station , inside the walls , was built by george townsend andrews in 1840 and opened on 4 january 1841 . this station closed in 1877 when the present station opened but remained in use for a further 88 years as carriage storage space . andrews also designed the neo tudor arch where the walls were breached and the hotel across the head of the lines , completed in 1853 . this station was the first to incorporate a hotel in its structure . the hotel and flanking departure and arrival buildings , now used as offices , still stand ( on toft green / tanner row ) , although the train shed was largely demolished in 1965 . it was replaced by the present station , designed by the northeastern railway architect thomas prosser and william peachey . on completion in 1877 , it had 13 platforms and was the largest in the world . in 1909 new platforms were added , and in 1938 the current footbridge was built . the building was damaged during the second world war and extensively repaired in 1947 . in 2006 7 , the approaches to the station were reorganised in order to improve facilities for bus , taxi and car users as well as pedestrians and cyclists . the former motive power depot and goods station now house the national railway museum . ? |
