The Royal York Hotel is an historic Grade II listed building adjacent to York railway station

York railway station

York railway station is a main-line railway station in the city of York, England. It lies on the East Coast Main Line north of London's King's Cross station towards Edinburgh's Waverley Station...

. It is a five-storey building of yellow Scarborough brick and was completed in 1878, a year after the present station opened. The architect was William Peachey of the North Eastern Railway

North Eastern Railway (UK)

The North Eastern Railway , was an English railway company. It was incorporated in 1854, when four existing companies were combined, and was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the Grouping in 1923...

. It featured elegant, high-ceilinged banqueting rooms and 100 large bedrooms costing 14 shillings a night.

A 27-room west wing was added in 1896, named Klondyke after the US gold rush of the time.

It was originally called The Royal Station Hotel and took its name from the hotel erected as part of York old railway station

York old railway station

York old railway station is a former railway station in the historic city of York, England. It is a Grade II* Listed building.-Origins:The first York railway station was a temporary building on Queen Street outside the walls of the city...

, which closed when the new station opened.