Robin Hood's Bay railway station

Robin Hood's Bay
The old station at Robin Hood's Bay
Location
Place	Robin Hood's Bay
Area	Scarborough
Coordinates	54°26′07″N 0°32′20″W / 54.435200°N 0.539000°W / 54.435200; -0.539000Coordinates: 54°26′07″N 0°32′20″W / 54.435200°N 0.539000°W / 54.435200; -0.539000
Grid reference	NZ949054
Operations
Original company	Scarborough & Whitby Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Platforms	2
History
1885	Opened
1965	Closed
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Robin Hood's Bay railway station was a railway station on the Scarborough & Whitby Railway situated 15 miles from Scarborough and 6 miles from Whitby It opened on 16 July 1885, and served the fishing village of Robin Hood's Bay, and to a lesser extent the village of Fylingthorpe. On the north-bound journey trains had to climb a mile and a half at 1 in 43. The goods yard had a 1.5 ton crane and could handle all kinds of freight.

The closure of the lines to Whitby was marked by the Whitby Moors Rail Tour run by the Stephenson Locomotive Society and the Manchester Lococmotive Society and was hauled by preserved LNER K4 2-6-0 no.3442 The Great Marquess and York shed's K1 2-6-0 no.62005 (which resides at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway in the care of the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group (NELPG).

Freight services were withdrawn in 1964 and it was closed on 8 March 1965. The station building survives but only a small part of the down platform remains. The trackbed forms part of the Scarborough to Whitby Railway Path.

References

Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
Chapman, Stephen (2008). York to Scarborough Whitby & Ryedale. Bellcode Books. ISBN 978-1-871233-19-3.

External links

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Fyling Hall Line and station closed		North Eastern Railway Scarborough & Whitby Railway		Hawsker Line and station closed

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