Driffield. The was opened formally 19 May 1853, becoming open to public traffic on 1 June. The line had stations at Settrington, North Grimston, Wharram, Burdale, Fimber, Wetwang, and Garton; Malton station and Driffield station were used as termini. Operations In the beginning three passenger trains ran in each direction Mondays to Saturdays, calling at all stations, with two on Sundays. By the end of the 19th century the Sunday service had ceased, but the line reached its high water mark with four trains each way each weekday. Thereafter the line ran a notably consistent three trains in each direction calling at all stations, Mondays to Saturdays, until the service was withdrawn in 1953. Some of the services had two coaches, others one, though it was far from rare to add one or more horseboxes in what was and remains racing country. Loadings were good on Saturdays (Market Days) but schoolchildren were the mainstay during the week. By 1926 two pick-up goods trains ran daily, in opposite directions, with crews swapping trains mid-journey. These were at times very well loaded, but the traffic only declined in the face of road competition. By the end there were only two pick-up goods per week, both poorly loaded. In the words of The Railway Magazine "Two trains a day might have maintained the railway link ... two a week would not." The line was conceived as part of a through line between Hull and the north east of England. The only hint of such services came with the Summer Saturday Scarborough to Newcastle and Glasgow holiday trains. Running from Scarborough they halted at Malton, attached a pilot engine at the rear, reversed up onto Malton and Driffield metals at Scarborough Road Junction where the pilot was uncoupled. This locomotive then acted as a banker to get the long train moving forwards once again towards , Pillmoor and the East Coast Main Line. These trains used a rich variety of motive power, with even LNER Class A4 4-6-2s on occasions, but most commonly LNER Class V2 2-6-2s. In summer 1950 at least the line was used for a Summer Saturday Filey to Newcastle train and return, which travelled via , and , joining the East Coast Main Line at Pilmoor Junction. The other service to use the Malton, Scarborough Road Junction then reverse route was the two trains six time per year beginning and