Cloughton railway station

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]

Cloughton
The former station at Cloughton in 1989
General information
LocationCloughton, Scarborough
England
Coordinates54.332500°N 0.445850°W / 54.332500; -0.445850
Grid referenceTA011941
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyScarborough & Whitby Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1885Opened
1965Closed
Location
View westward

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 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.[5]

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.

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
Scalby
Line and station closed		   North Eastern Railway
Scarborough & Whitby Railway		   Hayburn Wyke
Line and station closed


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