Robin Hood's Bay railway station

Robin Hood's Bay railway station was a railway station on the Scarborough & Whitby Railway situated 15 miles from Scarborough and 6 miles from Whitby It opened on 16 July 1885, and served the fishing village of Robin Hood's Bay, and to a lesser extent the village of Fylingthorpe.[1] On the north-bound journey trains had to climb a mile and a half at 1 in 43 out of the station.

Robin Hood's Bay
The former station buildings at Robin Hood's Bay (2005)
Location
PlaceRobin Hood's Bay
AreaScarborough
Coordinates54.435200°N 0.539000°W / 54.435200; -0.539000
Grid referenceNZ949054
Operations
Original companyScarborough & Whitby Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Platforms2
History
1885Opened
1965Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

The goods yard had a 1.5 ton crane and could handle all kinds of freight. With five sidings, cattle dock, coal yard, goods shed, and weighbridge it was the largest one on the line.[2][3]

The station was host to a LNER camping coach in 1935, possibly one for some of 1934 and three coaches from 1936 to 1939.[4] Three coaches were positioned here by North Eastern Region of British Railways from 1954 and five from 1957 to 1964.[5]

Freight services were withdrawn on 10 August 1964, and the station was closed on 8 March 1965.[1]

The station building survives, it and the former stationmaster's house are used as holiday accommodation. Only a small part of the down platform remains.[6] The former trackbed forms part of the Scarborough to Whitby Railway Path.

References
  1. Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society.
  2. The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. p. 461. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
  3. "Robin Hood's Bay station on OS 25inch map Yorkshire XLVII.1 (Fylingdales)". National Library of Scotland. 1913. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  4. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 10. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  5. McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. pp. 40 & 45. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
  6. Nick Catford. "Disused Stations: Robin Hood's Bay".

Further reading
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  • Chapman, Stephen (2008). York to Scarborough Whitby & Ryedale. Bellcode Books. ISBN 978-1-871233-19-3.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Fyling Hall
Line and station closed		   North Eastern Railway
Scarborough & Whitby Railway		   Hawsker
Line and station closed


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