Grosmont railway station

For the railway line in Monmouthshire, Wales, see Grosmont Railway.

Grosmont
General information
Location	Grosmont, North Yorkshire England
Coordinates	54°26′11″N 0°43′31″W
Grid reference	NZ828052
Managed by	Northern Trains North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Platforms	4 (1 National Rail) (3 North Yorkshire Moors Railway)
Tracks	4
Other information
Station code	GMT
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Whitby and Pickering Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Rail (North Eastern Region)
Key dates
8 June 1835 (1835-06-08)	Opened as Tunnel Inn
Before June 1847	Renamed Grosmont
8 March 1965	Branch line to Pickering closed to passengers
22 April 1973	Branch line to Pickering reopened as part of North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Passengers
2020/21	4,420
2021/22	11,454
2022/23	11,284
2023/24	12,374
2024/25	15,484
Location Grosmont Location in North Yorkshire, England
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Grosmont is a railway station serves the village of Grosmont, North Yorkshire, England. It is on the Esk Valley Line, which runs between Middlesbrough and Whitby via Nunthorpe. The station, situated 29 miles 59 chains (47.9 km) from Guisborough Junction, Middlesbrough. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. The station is also served by heritage services operated by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

History

The Whitby and Pickering Railway was a horse-worked line engineered by George Stephenson, which opened between Whitby and Tunnel Inn (the station's former name) on 8 June 1835. The station was named after the tunnel required to pass from Grosmont towards Beckhole. The line to Pickering opened on 26 May the year after. By 1848, it was renamed to Grosmont. The line westwards to Castleton opened in 1865.

The North Eastern Railway built a short terrace of cottages just south of the tunnel. In later years, these were used by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway to house volunteers, but were subsequently demolished in 1989, to allow extensions to the running shed and workshops.

Two North Eastern Railway camping coaches were positioned here between 1959 and 1964.

The branch line between Grosmont and Malton via Pickering was closed on 8 March 1965, under the Beeching Axe. It was later reopened by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway as a heritage railway on 22 April 1973, and currently operates between Grosmont and Pickering, with services also extending to Whitby.

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Grosmont

	2002–03	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23
Entries and exits	17,968	19,601	18,675	18,264	24,273	19,718	22,048	22,964	23,662	16,376	17,912	16,144	15,172	13,514	13,912	12,390	13,912	4,420	11,454	11,284

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

Northern Trains

Northern Trains Esk Valley Line
Middlesbrough – Whitby via Nunthorpe
Middlesbrough James Cook Marton Gypsy Lane Nunthorpe Great Ayton Battersby Kildale Commondale Castleton Moor Danby Lealholm Glaisdale Egton Grosmont Sleights Ruswarp Whitby

As of the December 2025 timetable change, the station is served by six trains per day on Mondays to Saturdays and four on Sundays towards Whitby. Heading towards Middlesbrough via Nunthorpe, there are six trains per day on Mondays to Saturdays, with one continuing to Newcastle via Hartlepool, and four trains per day on Sundays, with two continuing to Darlington. All services are operated by Northern Trains.

North Yorkshire Moors Railway

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway operates heritage services between Pickering and Whitby via Grosmont. Services run daily from Easter until the end of October each year, with some additional services at other times of year.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Egton		Northern Trains Esk Valley Line		Sleights
Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Goathland towards Pickering		North Yorkshire Moors Railway		Whitby Terminus
Disused railways
Beckhole		North Eastern Railway Whitby and Pickering Railway		Terminus

See also

• Listed buildings in Grosmont, North Yorkshire

Bibliography

• Belcher, Henry (1976). Illustrations of the scenery on the line of the Whitby and Pickering Railway in the north eastern part of Yorkshire. East Ardsley, [Eng.]: EP Publishing. ISBN 0-7158-1164-9.
• Quick, Michael (2023). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). London: Railway and Canal Historical Society.
• Tomlinson, W. W. (1915). The North Eastern Railway; its rise and development. Andrew Reid and Company, Newcastle; Longmans, Green and Company, London.
• Vanns, Michael A. (2017). The North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 9781473892088.

External links

• Train times and station information for Grosmont railway station from National Rail