Grid reference NZ949054 1885 Opened Platforms in use 2 | 1965 Closed | |
Original company Scarborough and Whitby Railway |
Robin Hood's Bay railway station was a railway station on the Scarborough & Whitby Railway situated 15 miles from Scarborough and 6 miles from Whitby It opened on 16 July 1885, and served the fishing village of Robin Hood's Bay, and to a lesser extent the village of Fylingthorpe. On the north-bound journey trains had to climb a mile and a half at 1 in 43. The goods yard had a 1.5 ton crane and could handle all kinds of freight.
Freight services were withdrawn in 1964 and it was closed on 8 March 1965. The station building survives but only a small part of the down platform remains. The trackbed forms part of the Scarborough to Whitby Railway Path.
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