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Scarborough and Whitby Railway

Dates

03/06/1872	Scarborough and Whitby Railway First sod cut.
/ /1878	Scarborough and Whitby Railway Financial difficulties in building the line (total cost £649,813).
/ /1879	Scarborough and Whitby Railway Construction continues.
16/07/1885	Scarborough and Whitby Railway Line opened, operated by the North Eastern Railway from the outset.
/ /1898	Scarborough and Whitby Railway Line purchased by the North Eastern Railway for £261,633.
02/02/1953	Scarborough and Whitby Railway Scalby station closed to all but occasional camping coach related traffic.
23/03/1955	Scarborough and Whitby Railway Hayburn Wyke becomes an unstaffed halt.
05/05/1958	Scarborough and Whitby Railway Fyling Hall becomes an unstaffed halt.
06/03/1965	Scarborough and Whitby Railway Line closed.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

Prospect Hill Junction

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Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway

You take the low road, and I'll take the high road, and I'll be in Scarborough afore ye: forgive the mauling of Scottish culture, but I was not aware ...
Ken Strachan 28/07/2021

Six years after closure, the track layout at Prospect Hill Junction appears to be intact but the signal box is very much the worse for wear! View ...
Bill Jamieson 21/08/1971

Just beyond Prospect Hill Junction, with Whitby West Cliff station behind the camera, looking south on 21 August 1971. See image 32465. On the ...
Bill Jamieson 21/08/1971

View south over Prospect Hill Junction, Whitby, on 21 August 1971 with West Cliff station behind the camera. On the left is the former coast route to ...
Bill Jamieson 21/08/1971

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Larpool Viaduct

This is a single track 13 arch viaduct near Whitby.
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The Scarborough and Whitby Railway's Larpool Viaduct, photographed looking north over the Esk in April 2009 towards the former Whitby West Cliff ...
John Furnevel 20/04/2009

Part of Larpool Viaduct, looking west towards Ruswarp on the morning of 2 October 2008. The viaduct, built by the Scarborough and Whitby Railway and ...
John Furnevel 02/10/2008

View north across the river Esk from Larpool viaduct on 30 May 2012. Whitby Abbey is just emerging from the haar on the hilltop in the centre ...
Brian Taylor 30/05/2012

A North Yorkshire Moors service heading for Whitby, hauled by 75029 The Green Knight, approaching Larpool Viaduct on 4 September see image ...
John Steven 04/09/2012

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Hawsker

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The A171 used to cross the Scarborough to Whitby line on a bridge, which has been demolished. There are two road crossings - one for people, the other ...
Ken Strachan 05/08/2023

Hawsker station looking to Whitby in April 2008. ...
Ewan Crawford 02/04/2008

Entrance to the former station at Hawsker on the coastal route between Whitby and Scarborough, closed in March 1965. Now a private residence and guest ...
John Furnevel 02/10/2008

The former station at Hawsker on the abandoned coastal route south from Whitby to Scarborough. The building is now a Trailways walking and ...
John Furnevel 02/10/2008

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Robin Hood's Bay

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The former station at Robin Hood's Bay on the Yorkshire coast, looking north towards Whitby in October 2009. ...
John Furnevel 13/10/2009

The 1885 station building at Robin Hood's Bay on the Yorkshire coast between Whitby and Scarborough, looking south over the station forecourt on 13 ...
John Furnevel 13/10/2009

The RCTS North Eastern Limited calls at Robin Hood's Bay on 2 May 1964 on its way from Newcastle to Whitby. B1 61031 Reedbuck had taken ...
Bruce McCartney 02/05/1964

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Fyling Hall

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Ravenscar Tunnel

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Ravenscar

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Scene on the Yorkshire Coast midway between Whitby and Scarborough, on a pleasant spring afternoon in April 2009. View is south from the end of the ...
John Furnevel 20/04/2009

The rather grand stairway leading up to the southbound platform at Ravenscar is perhaps a reflection of the proposed quality of the holiday resort ...
David Pesterfield 14/02/2016

Standing on the old trackbed at Ravenscar in April 2009 looking south towards Scarborough. See image 23796 ...
John Furnevel 20/04/2009

The town that never was... Ravenscar, on the Yorkshire Coast, between Whitby and Scarborough. Much of the land was purchased in 1895 by the ...
John Furnevel 20/04/2009

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Stainton Dale

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Hayburn Wyke

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Cloughton

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Old gas lamp outside the former Cloughton Station, North Yorkshire, in April 2009, complete with suspended B&B totem. Located 4 miles north of ...
John Furnevel 20/04/2009

The former station at Cloughton, some 4 miles north of Scarborough on the old coast route to Whitby. Photograph taken from the main entrance on ...
John Furnevel 20/04/2009

The closed station and goods shed at Cloughton on the Whitby - Scarborough line, looking north on 20 April 2009. The converted buildings now ...
John Furnevel 20/04/2009

The former station at Cloughton on the Yorkshire coast, opened by the Scarborough and Whitby Railway in 1885. Closed along with the rest of the line ...
John Furnevel 20/04/2009

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Scalby

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Falsgrave Goods

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Scarborough Londesborough Road

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York to Scarborough Line (York and North Midland Railway)

Standing in Westover Road, Scarborough on a Sunday morning in September 2008 looking south west towards the junction with Londesborough Road. The ...
John Furnevel 28/09/2008

The station frontage and main entrance to the former Scarborough, Londesborough Road, excursion station, photographed on Sunday 28 September 2008 ...
John Furnevel 28/09/2008

Entrance to the former Londesborough Road station in the Autumn of 2008. Built to help cope with high volume of rail excursion traffic descending on ...
John Furnevel 28/09/2008

Looking away from Scarborough to the former Londesborough Road station. This was the excursion station with platforms beyond the one seen here. This ...
Ewan Crawford 02/04/2008

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