Guisborough railway station

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Guisborough
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British Rail Standard Class 4 2-6-4T engine no. 80118 at Guisborough railway station, 1950s
General information
Location Guisborough, Redcar and Cleveland
England
Coordinates 54°32′03″N1°03′01″W / 54.534192°N 1.050322°W / 54.534192; -1.050322
Grid reference NZ615158
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
11 November 1853Opened to goods
25 February 1854Opened to passengers
2 March 1964Closed to passengers
31 August 1964Closed completely

Guisborough railway station was the terminus of the Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway. It served the town of Guisborough in North Yorkshire, England. The station was opened to goods in November 1853, and to passenger traffic on 25 February 1854. The station was closed to passengers, along with the entire Nunthorpe–Guisborough branch, on 2 March 1964, with freight being lost in August 1964.

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History

The station had a single platform covered by a glass roof. [1] Its entrance was on Bow Street, between its junctions with Fountain Street and Whitby Road. [2] It was opened to goods traffic on 11 November 1853, and passengers on 25 February 1854. [3] [4]

Map of Guisborough in 1958, showing the location of the station (right of centre) Guisborough OS 1958 cropped.png
Map of Guisborough in 1958, showing the location of the station (right of centre)

Because the station was at the end of a branch, trains had to reverse out to Hutton Junction (Guisborough Junction from 1932) in order to continue eastwards along the NER line (the former eastern part of the Cleveland Railway). [5] Services could either go to Loftus, or to Saltburn (from 1878 to 1917 on the Priestcroft Curve or via Brotton). [6]

In 1932, the signal box at Guisborough station was closed, and all workings in and out of the station were controlled from the signal box at Hutton Junction, renamed to Guisborough. The double track line was then worked as a single track line for passenger trains (southernmost) and a single track line for goods traffic only. [7] [8] The Railway Clearing House list from 1904 shows that Guisborough had a crane that could lift 6 tonnes (6.6 tons) and could accommodate livestock, general goods, furniture vans and horse boxes. [9]

The station was listed for closure in March 1963, [10] and closed to passengers in February 1964, closing completely in August of the same year. [11] [12] The station building was demolished during redevelopment works in 1967. [13] [14] [15] Rectory Lane now cuts directly through the station's former site. [16]

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References

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  2. ↑ Chapman 2007, p. 73.
  3. ↑ "Scraps of News". The Huddersfield Chronicle. No. 191. Column E. 26 November 1853. p. 3. OCLC   1326218001.
  4. ↑ Burgess, Neil (2011). The lost railways of Yorkshire's North Riding. Catrine: Stenlake. p. 34. ISBN   9781840335552.
  5. ↑ Bairstow 2008, p. 28.
  6. ↑ Suggitt 2005, p. 68.
  7. ↑ Chapman 2007, p. 13.
  8. ↑ Bairstow 2008, pp. 28, 33.
  9. ↑ The Railway Clearing House handbook of railway stations, 1904. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. 1970. p. 245. ISBN   0715351206.
  10. ↑ "Complete List Of The Passenger Stations And Halts To Be Closed". The Times. No. 55661. 28 March 1963. p. 9. ISSN   0140-0460.
  11. ↑ Chapman 2007, p. 72.
  12. ↑ Bairstow 2008, p. 111.
  13. ↑ Hoole, K. (1985). Railway stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 168. ISBN   0-7153-8527-5.
  14. ↑ Thompson, Alan R.; Groundwater, Ken (2001). Cleveland and North Yorkshire (part 2). Great Addington: Past & Present Pub. p. 46. ISBN   1858950546.
  15. ↑ Suggitt 2005, p. 67.
  16. ↑ "Guisborough". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2022. Use the slider to toggle between older mapping and modern day satellite imagery

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Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Hutton Junction
Line and station closed		  North Eastern Railway
Middlesbrough & Guisborough Railway 		  Boosbeck (reversal at Hutton Junction)
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