Scalby railway station

Scalby railway station was a railway station on the Scarborough & Whitby Railway.

Scalby
Chichester Close on the site of Scalby station (2018)
Location
PlaceScalby
AreaScarborough
Coordinates54.300800°N 0.441391°W / 54.300800; -0.441391
Grid referenceTA015905
Operations
Original companyScarborough & Whitby Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Platforms1
History
1885Opened
1953Closed for regular passenger services
1964Closed completely
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

History

The station opened on 16 July 1885, and served the village of Scalby. It was situated immediately east of Scalby Viaduct and had a single platform, a goods bay, and another siding. The station closed to regular traffic on 2 March 1953, the station building was then converted into a camping cottage. Occasional trains still stopped for users of this facility until final closure in 1964. In 1974 the station was completely demolished, and a road called Chichester Close has been built on the site since. Some of the stonework has been reused in houses in this street.[1]

Accidents and incidents
  • On 24 April 1956 a locomotive was derailed when the track spread under it during shunting. An instruction banning heavy locomotives from the goods yard had been forgotten.[2]

References
  1. Nick Catford. "Disused Stations: Scalby".
  2. Hoole, Ken (1983). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 4. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 32. ISBN 0 906899 07 9.
Source
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Scarborough Central
Line closed, station open		   North Eastern Railway
Scarborough & Whitby Railway		   Cloughton
Line and station closed


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