Sandsend railway station

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Sandsend
Location
Place Sandsend
Area Scarborough
Coordinates 54°30′15″N 0°40′26″W / 54.504200°N 0.674000°W / 54.504200; -0.674000Coordinates: 54°30′15″N 0°40′26″W / 54.504200°N 0.674000°W / 54.504200; -0.674000
Grid reference NZ859129
Operations
Original company WR&MUR
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway
Platforms 1
History
1883 Opened
1958 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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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.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Kettleness   Whitby Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway   Whitby West Cliff

References

  • 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. 

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