Glaisdale railway station

Glaisdale National Rail
Location
Place Glaisdale
Local authority Scarborough
Coordinates 54°26′22″N 0°47′38″W / 54.4394°N 0.7939°W / 54.4394; -0.7939Coordinates: 54°26′22″N 0°47′38″W / 54.4394°N 0.7939°W / 54.4394; -0.7939
Grid reference NZ783055
Operations
Station code GLS
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Decrease 11,194
2013/14 Increase 15,216
2014/15 Decrease 15,046
2015/16 Increase 18,754
2016/17 Decrease 18,298
History
2 October 1865 (1865-10-02) Opened
2 August 1965 Closed to goods
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Glaisdale from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Glaisdale station, with train 1997

Glaisdale railway station serves the village of Glaisdale in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Esk Valley Line and is operated by Northern who provide most of the station's passenger services. The NYMR use this station on gala days, when they run trains along the line as far as Battersby. The station dates from October 1865, when the Castleton to Grosmont line was opened.[1] The signal box was moved northwards in June 1902 to allow the platform to be extended towards the west;engineers simply raised the box onto rails and slid the box into its new position.[2]

The station used to forward building stone, iron and ironstone. Three blast furnaces were located in the village which utilised two sidings built on the north side of the station with access from the east. The iron industry lasted until 1876, but the slag heaps were cleared sometime in the 1880s with the slag being sold to Surrey County Council.[3] Along with many other stations along the line Egton and Grosmont), the station lost its goods facilities in August 1965.[4]

A passing loop is located here - one of only two remaining on the entire Esk Valley line. The signal box that once operated it can still be seen on the Whitby-bound platform,[5] but the loop points now work automatically and the token machines for the single line block sections either side are operated by the train crew, under the remote supervision of the Nunthorpe signaller. Tokens are also available at the intermediate point of Grosmont station; this allows for the North York Moors Railway to operate on the single line section between Grosmont and Whitby in parallel with the Northern service.[6] Trains only normally cross here on summer Sundays, as the weekday timetable sees only one DMU on the branch at any one time.

In May 2018, the Community Rail Partnership for the Esk Valley Line opened up new public toilets on the station.[7]

Services

Mondays to Saturdays, there are four trains in each direction to Whitby and Middlesbrough. A Sunday service of four trains each way also operates throughout the year with some trains running through to and from Darlington and Newcastle.

References

  1. ↑ Hoole, K. (1974). A regional history of the railways of Great Britain : vol. 4; the North East. Newton Abbott: David & Charles. p. 72. ISBN 0-7153-6439-1.
  2. ↑ Lloyd, Chris (26 November 2015). "Christmas books: in search of the ghost-goose of Melsonby". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Maynard, Peter (2015). North Yorkshire & Cleveland Railway. Northallerton: North Eastern Railway Association. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-873513-98-9.
  4. ↑ Hoole, K. (1985). Railway stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 167. ISBN 0-7153-8527-5.
  5. ↑ Body, Geoffrey (1989). Railways of the Eastern Region. Wellingborough: Stephens. p. 122. ISBN 1-85260-072-1.
  6. ↑ Allison, Ian (October 2016). "Technical visit to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway" (PDF). irse.org. p. 29. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  7. ↑ Gleeson, Janet (1 June 2018). "Dramatic increase in passengers on rural line". Darlington & Stockton Times (22–2018). p. 24. ISSN 2516-5348.
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