Cloughton railway station

Cloughton
The former station at Cloughton in 1989
General information
Location	Cloughton, North Yorkshire England
Coordinates	54°19′57″N0°26′45″W / 54.332500°N 0.445850°W / 54.332500; -0.445850
Grid reference	TA011941
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Scarborough & Whitby Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1885	Opened
1965	Closed
Location

View westward

Cloughton railway station was a railway station on the Scarborough & Whitby Railway. It opened on 16 July 1885, and served the North Yorkshire village of Cloughton, and to a lesser extent the village of Burniston. ^[1]

The station had a canopied goods shed, and the '1904 Handbook of Stations', listed it as being able to handle general goods, livestock, horse boxes and prize cattle vans. It also had a 1-ton 10 cwt permanent crane. ^[2] The station was host to a LNER camping coach in 1935, possibly one for some of 1934 and three coaches from 1936 to 1939. ^[3] Two coaches were positioned here by North Eastern Region of British Railways from 1954 and three from 1959 to 1964. ^[4]

The station closed on 8 March 1965. ^[1] The station building has been restored and is currently used as a private house, with guest accommodation provided in a converted railway carriage, a converted goods shed, and two B&B suites. A tea room formerly operated in the station building, but that closed in September 2019. The railway alignment through the station is used by the Cinder Track, a multi-use path between Scarborough and Whitby. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 136. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
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. 126. ISBN   0-7153-5120-6.
3. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 10. ISBN   1-870119-48-7.
4. McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. p. 40. ISBN   1-870119-53-3.
5. "Station House Tea Room to close its doors after 23 years of service in Cloughton". The Scarborough News. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
6. OS Explorer - North York Moors - Eastern Area (Map). 1:25000. Ordnance Survey. 2017. ISBN   9780319242667.

Bibliography

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Chapman, Stephen (2008). York to Scarborough Whitby & Ryedale. Bellcode Books. ISBN   978-1-871233-19-3.

External links

• Cloughton Station website

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Scalby Line and station closed		North Eastern Railway Scarborough & Whitby Railway		Hayburn Wyke Line and station closed