Sandsend railway station
Sandsend | |
|---|---|
,_Yorkshire,_1981_(geograph_3276292).jpg) The former station in 1981 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Scarborough |
| Coordinates | 54°30′15″N 0°40′26″W / 54.504200°N 0.674000°W |
| Managed by | North Eastern Railway |
| Line(s) | WR&MUR |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Key dates | |
| 1883 | Opened |
| 1958 | Closed |
Sandsend railway station was a railway station on the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway. It was opened on 3 December 1883, and served the villages of Sandsend and Lythe. It closed on 5 May 1958. The station building is now a private residence.[1]
The station had a single platform, a brick station building which included the stationmaster's house, and a single siding serving coal drops (now converted into garages) behind the station. On this siding, camping coaches were stationed in later years. A passing loop was never added because of the extensive works it would have required. A small goods yard with a warehouse and a two-ton crane was situated a short distance away from the station towards Whitby.[1]
Sandsend Viaduct was sited immediately south of the station. The pillbox which was built in World War II to defend the bridge is still in place.[1]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kettleness | Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway | Whitby West Cliff |
References
- ^ a b c Ken Mell. "Sandsend Railway Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
Further reading
- Williams, Michael Aufrère (2010). 'A more spectacular example of a loss-making branch would be hard to find.' A financial history of the Whitby-Loftus line 1871-1958 (M.A. thesis). University of York.
- Williams, Michael Aufrère (2012). The Whitby-Loftus Line. Jet Coast Development Trust. ISBN 978-0-9567890-1-3.
- Williams, Michael Aufrère (March 2013). "The Whitby - Loftus line: "a more spectacular example of a loss-making branch would be hard to find." Is this really the case?". Journal of the Railway and Canal Historical Society (216): 33–46.
- Williams, Michael Aufrère (November 2013). "The Viaducts and Tunnels of the Whitby-Loftus Line". Journal of the Railway and Canal Historical Society (218): 33–47.
- Williams, Michael Aufrère (January 2014). "The Tunnels and Viaducts of the Whitby-Loftus line". Forgotten Relics of an Enterprising Age.
- Williams, Michael Aufrère (March 2014). "A Difficult Year in the History of the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway". Journal of the Railway and Canal Historical Society (219): 32–41.
- Williams, Michael Aufrère (November 2014). "Closing a line before Beeching: the end of the Whitby-Loftus line". Journal of the Railway and Canal Historical Society (221): 149–58.
- Williams, Michael Aufrère (November 2015). "The importance of fieldwork in researching railway history". Journal of the Railway and Canal Historical Society (224): 377–87.
- Williams, Michael Aufrère (Summer 2016). "The Suez Specials". The Gresley Observer (169). The Gresley Society: 19–27.
- Williams, Michael Aufrère (Summer 2017). "How the Coast Line could have been saved". The Gresley Observer (172). The Gresley Society: 32–33.
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