Robin Hood's Bay railway station

Robin Hood's Bay
The former station buildings at Robin Hood's Bay (2005)
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 out of the station.

The goods yard had a 1.5 ton crane and could handle all kinds of freight. With five sidings, cattle dock, coal yard, goods shed, and weighbridge it was the largest one on the line. Freight services were withdrawn on 10 August 1964, and the station was closed on 8 March 1965. The station building survives, it and the former stationmaster's house are used as holiday accommodation. Only a small part of the down platform remains.^[1] The former 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

• Robin Hood's Bay station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
• Robin Hood's Bay station on Disused Stations