Filey Holiday Camp
Part of the remains of the 1100 ft long platform 4 at Filey Holiday Camp station in October 2009, with several of the platform posts still standing, some with lighting and PA system components still attached. Filey was the biggest of the Butlin's camps at 400 acres, with accommodation for over 10,000 campers. Trains ran from all parts of the country with an example of Saturday morning departures in the summer of 1965 over a 2 hour period showing trains for Sheffield Victoria, Scarborough, Newcastle Central, Leeds City (2), Manchester Victoria, Kings Norton and London Kings Cross (2). With the increasing use of the private motor car, rail traffic declined to a point where the station was eventually closed, with the last campers leaving on 3 September 1977. The camp itself closed 6 years later, at the end of the 1983 season. See image 32210
Location: Filey Holiday Camp (former)
Original line: Bridlington Branch (York and North Midland Railway)
Photographer: John Furnevel
Contact photographer: John Furnevel
Date: 11/10/2009
Image number: 26824
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