Battersby railway station

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Battersby railway station serves the village of Battersby in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Esk Valley Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all of the station's passenger services.

Track layout at Battersby railway station.

Battersby is unusual on the British railway network, due to the layout of the tracks. Formerly the place where the branch to Middlesbrough joined the through route from Whitby to the East Coast Main Line, the closure of the direct line west of Battersby means that all services have to reverse in the station. Until the rationalisation of the signalling in the late 1980s it was common for two trains to reverse at the same time, in order to pass each other on the single track Esk Valley line.