Egton railway station

Egton railway station serves the village of Egton Bridge in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Esk Valley Line and is operated by Northern Trains which provides all of the station's passenger services.

Egton
Location
PlaceEgton Bridge
Local authorityScarborough
Coordinates54.437500°N 0.761500°W / 54.437500; -0.761500
Grid referenceNZ804053
Operations
Station codeEGT
Managed byNorthern Trains
Number of platforms1
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 10,812
2015/16 13,724
2016/17 12,088
2017/18 12,878
2018/19 11,698
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Egton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

The station opened in October 1865,[1] when the North Eastern railway completed the section of line between Castleton Moor and Grosmont as proposed by Castleton & Grosmont Railway in act passed by Parliament in July 1861.[2] The station opened up at the same time as the line did, and because of its elevated location above the valley floor, the architect of the station buildings, Thomas Prosser, had the foundations buried 16 feet (4.9 m) deep.[3][4] Between 1865 and 1881, the station was known as Egton after the bigger of the two villages it served, but between 1881 and 1892, it was called Egton Bridge named after its physical location. It reverted to being plain Egton in 1892.[5]

The station stopped forwarded and receiving goods in August 1965.[6]

Services
Northern Trains Route 5:
Esk Valley Line
Durham Coast Line to Newcastle
& Tees Valley Line to Bishop Auckland
 Middlesbrough
Tees Valley Line to Saltburn
 James Cook
 Marton
Gypsy Lane
Nunthorpe
Great Ayton
Battersby
Kildale
Commondale
 Castleton Moor
Danby
Lealholm
 Glaisdale
Egton
North York Moors Railway to Pickering
 Grosmont
for North York Moors Railway
 Sleights
Ruswarp
 Whitby

As of December 2019, the Monday to Saturday service is six trains per day to both Whitby and Middlesbrough. One of the Middlesbrough trains continues along the Durham Coast Line to Newcastle Central. Four trains operate on Sundays, two of which continue to Newcastle.[7]

References
  1. "Disused Stations: Potto Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  2. Grant, Donald J (1917). Directory of the railway companies of Great Britain. Kibworth Beauchamp: Matador. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-785893-537.
  3. Whitworth, Alan (2011). Esk Valley railway through time. Stroud: Amberley. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-4456-0645-3.
  4. Fawcett, Bill (2003). A history of North Eastern Railway architecture. North Eastern Railway Association. p. I. ISBN 1873513488.
  5. Butt, R V J (1995). The directory of railway stations : details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present. Sparkford: Stephens. p. 90. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  6. Hoole, Ken (1985). Railway stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 162. ISBN 0-7153-8527-5.
  7. Northern Timetable 5 - Middlesbrough to Whitby (Esk Valley Railway) 15 December 2019 - 16 May 2020 Northern, retrieved 21 November 2019
The station in 1991
Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Northern Trains
Esk Valley Line


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