Skinningrove railway station

Skinningrove
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°W / 54.560400; -0.905200Coordinates: 54°33′37″N 0°54′19″W / 54.560400°N 0.905200°W / 54.560400; -0.905200
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
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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.[1] 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,[2] serving the Loftus Mines in the valley below, where ironstone was mined.[3] This closed in 1958.[2] Further north towards Brotton, near the village of Carlin How, the tracks serving Skinningrove Steelworks branched off the line.[3]

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.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Suggitt, Gordon (2005). Lost railways of North and East Yorkshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-85306-918-5.
  2. 1 2 3 Ken Mell. "Disused Stations: Skinningrove Station". Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  3. 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.


Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Brotton   Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway   Loftus


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