Grangetown [Lackenby]

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Eston Grange (1885-1902)
Grangetown [Lackenby] (1902-1991)

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

Opened on the Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway.

Description

This station was to the east of the Cleveland Steel Works on the southern two tracks of the four track line. It replaced Eston [1st] which was to the west of the Cleveland Steel Works. It was an island platform with station building at the west end and signal box at the east end. When the Lackenby Steel Works opened the station was at its west end.

The station closed in 1991.

The former Lackenby station (closed 1877) was to its north east.

Tags

Station

Chronology Dates

  /  /1885Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway
Eston Grange opened.
  /  /1902Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway
Eston Grange renamed Grangetown.