Skinningrove railway station
Skinningrove | |
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Site of the former station (2015) | |
Location | |
Place | Skinningrove |
Area | Redcar and Cleveland |
Coordinates | 54°33′37″N 0°54′19″W / 54.560400°N 0.905200°WCoordinates: 54°33′37″N 0°54′19″W / 54.560400°N 0.905200°W |
Grid reference | NZ708188 |
Operations | |
Original company | WR&MUR |
Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
Platforms | 1 |
History | |
1875 | Opened |
1903 | Renamed |
1952 | Closed to regular passenger trains |
1958 | Closed to all traffic |
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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Skinningrove railway station was on the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway. It was opened on 1 April 1875, and served the villages of Skinningrove and Carlin How in North Yorkshire, England. It was originally named "Carlin How", but was renamed on 1 October 1903 by the North Eastern Railway. It had no goods service, but a zig zag track branched off just outside the station from a point on the main line towards Saltburn,[1] serving the Loftus Mines in the valley below, where ironstone was mined.[2] This closed in 1958.[1] Further north towards Brotton, near the village of Carlin How, the tracks serving Skinningrove Steelworks branched off the line.[2]
Skinnington station closed to regular passenger traffic on 30 June 1952, but retained a workmen's service to the Skinningrove Steelworks until 5 May 1958. Very little remains of the former station.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Ken Mell. "Disused Stations: Skinningrove Station". Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- 1 2 Sheet NZ71 & Parts of NZ72. Chessington, Surrey: Ordnance Survey. 1954.
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
External links
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Brotton | Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway | Loftus |