Scalby railway station
Scalby | |
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General information | |
Location | Scarborough |
Coordinates | 54°18′03″N 0°26′29″W / 54.300800°N 0.441391°W |
Managed by | North Eastern Railway |
Line(s) | Scarborough & Whitby Railway |
Platforms | 1 |
Key dates | |
16 July 1885 | Opened |
2 March 1953 | Closed for regular passenger services |
1964 | Closed completely |
Scalby railway station was a railway station on the Scarborough & Whitby Railway.
History
The station opened on 16 July 1885, and served the village of Scalby.[1] It was situated immediately east of Scalby Viaduct and had a single platform, a goods bay, and another siding.[2]
The station closed to regular traffic on 2 March 1953,[1] the station building was then converted into a camping cottage. Two camping coaches were positioned here by the North Eastern Region from 1954 to 1956 and four coaches were here from 1957 until 1964.[3] Occasional trains stopped for users of these facilities until final closure in 1964, Quick (2019) notes that two or three trains each way had definite calls in the working timetable of June 1961.[1]
In 1974 the station was completely demolished, and a road called Chichester Close has been built on the site since. Some of the stonework has been reused in houses in this street.[4]
Accidents and incidents
- On 24 April 1956 a locomotive was derailed when the track spread under it during shunting. An instruction banning heavy locomotives from the goods yard had been forgotten.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 357. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
- ^ "Scalby station on OS 25 inch map Yorkshire LXXVII.12 (Scalby; Scarborough)". National Library of Scotland. 1892. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. pp. 33 & 40. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
- ^ Nick Catford. "Scalby station". Disused stations.
- ^ Hoole, Ken (1983). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 4. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 32. ISBN 0 906899 07 9.
Further reading
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
External links
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Scarborough Central Line closed, station open |
North Eastern Railway Scarborough & Whitby Railway |
Cloughton Line and station closed |