Staintondale railway station

Staintondale railway station, also known as Stainton Dale railway station, was 8 miles (13 km) north of Scarborough and served the hamlet of Staintondale in North Yorkshire, England.

Staintondale
The former station at Staintondale, 2006
LocationStaintondale, Scarborough
England
Coordinates54.366300°N 0.463050°W / 54.366300; -0.463050
Grid referenceSE999979
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyScarborough & Whitby Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Key dates
16 July 1885Opened
1964Closed to goods traffic
8 March 1965Closed

Staintondale railway station opened on 16 July 1885 on the Scarborough & Whitby Railway when it opened the full line.[1][2]

It had two platforms either side of a passing loop, a small goods yard to the west of the station and was listed in 1904 as being able to handle general goods, livestock, horse boxes and prize cattle vans, but there was no permanent crane, although one is shown on the 1893 Ordnance survey map.[3][4]

In 1937 the station was renamed as Stainton Dale (written as two separate words).[lower-alpha 1][1]

A camping coach was positioned here by the North Eastern Region from 1954 to 1958 and two coaches were here from 1959 to 1964.[5]

On 4 May 1964 the goods service was withdrawn from the station which closed completely on 8 March 1965.[1] During 1965, its average weekly taking was £15, but the wages bill for the station came to £180.[6]

The platforms and the main station buildings (used for residential purposes) are still in place.[5][7]

References

Notes
  1. The 1893 Ordnance survey map has the village written as "Staintondale" and the station as "Stainton Dale"[3]

Citations
  1. Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 376.
  2. Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 488. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
  3. "Stainton Dale station on OS 25 inch map Yorkshire LXII.7 (Cloughton; Staintondale)". National Library of Scotland. 1893. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. 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. 507. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
  5. McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. pp. 40 & 46. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
  6. "A Yorkshire dog to rival Lassie, and other tales". Darlington and Stockton Times. 6 July 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  7. Nick Catford. "Stainton Dale Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 24 October 2018.

Further reading
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  • Chapman, Stephen (2008). York to Scarborough Whitby & Ryedale. Bellcode Books. ISBN 978-1-871233-19-3.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Hayburn Wyke
Line and station closed		   North Eastern Railway
Scarborough & Whitby Railway		   Ravenscar
Line and station closed


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