Beckhole railway station
Beckhole railway station was a railway station at Beck Hole in the North Yorkshire Moors on part of the original Whitby and Pickering Railway line. It opened in 1836, and closed in 1914.
Beckhole | |
|---|---|
 Beckhole station site 1988 | |
| Location | Beck Hole, Scarborough England |
| Coordinates | 54.407889°N 0.736475°W |
| Grid reference | NZ821020 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Whitby and Pickering Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1836 | Opened |
| 1914 | Closed for passengers |
| 1951 | closed for freight |
History
The station opened in 1836 as part of the Whitby and Pickering Railway.[1] A deviation of the line was built in 1865 to avoid the use of a rope-hauled inclined plane; a short section of the replaced line from Grosmont to Beck Hole remained open as the Beck Hole branch.[2]
From 1908 to 1914 the branch was used for summer passenger traffic from Whitby, after which the line only carried freight traffic. Freight traffic ended in 1951.[2]
References
- Historic England. "Beck Hole station (500195)". PastScape. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- Historic England. "North Yorkshire Moors Railway (63233)". PastScape. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
Literature
- Hoole, Ken. A regional history of the railways of Great Britain vol.4 - The North East. pp. 66–8, 78, 92.
- Potter, G.W.J. (1969). A History of the Whitby and Pickering. SR Publishing. ISBN 0-85409-553-5.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminus | North Eastern Railway Grosmont Old Branch |
Grosmont Line closed, station open | ||
| Goathland Bank Top Line and station closed |
North Eastern Railway Whitby and Pickering Railway |
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