Skinningrove | |||||
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 Site of the former station (2015) | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Skinningrove, Redcar and Cleveland England | ||||
| Coordinates | 54°33′37″N0°54′19″W / 54.560400°N 0.905200°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NZ708188 | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | WR&MUR | ||||
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1875 | Opened as Carlin How | ||||
| 1903 | Renamed Skinningrove | ||||
| 1952 | Closed to regular passenger trains | ||||
| 1958 | Closed to all traffic | ||||
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Skinningrove railway station was on the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway. It was opened on 1 April 1875, and served the villages of Skinningrove and Carlin How in North Yorkshire, England. [1] It was originally named "Carlin How", but was renamed on 1 October 1903 by the North Eastern Railway. [2] It had no goods service, but a zig zag track branched off just outside the station from a point on the main line towards Saltburn, [3] serving the Loftus Mines in the valley below, where ironstone was mined. [4] This closed in 1958. [3] Further north towards Brotton, near the village of Carlin How, the tracks serving Skinningrove Steelworks branch off the line. [4]
Skinningrove station closed to regular passenger traffic on 30 June 1952, but retained a workmen's service to the Skinningrove Steelworks until 5 May 1958. Very little remains of the former station. [3]
