Brotton railway station

Brotton
Brotton Station in 1961
General information
Location	Brotton, Redcar and Cleveland England
Coordinates	54°34′00″N0°56′27″W / 54.566650°N 0.940850°W / 54.566650; -0.940850
Grid reference	NZ685195
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 November 1875 (1875-11-01)	Opened
2 May 1960 (1960-05-02)	Closed
Location

Brotton railway station served the village of Brotton in North Yorkshire, England.

The station was opened by the North Eastern Railway on 1 November 1875 on the former freight only Cleveland Railway that it had acquired in 1865. ^{[1] [2]}

It was built to the designs of the architect William Peachey.^{[ citation needed ]}

It closed on 2 May 1960. ^[2]

View northward, towards Loftus and Whitby in 1961

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Boosbeck		North Eastern Railway Former Cleveland Railway		Terminus
North Skelton		Whitby Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway		Skinningrove

References

1. Grant 2017, p. 120.
2. Quick 2023, p. 106.

Bibliography

• Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN   978-1-78803-768-6.
• Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.

External links

• Brotton station on navigable 1955 O. S. map
• Brotton station on Subterranea Britannica