Glaisdale railway station

Glaisdale railway station serves the village of Glaisdale in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Esk Valley Line and is operated by Northern Trains who provide most of the station's passenger services. The NYMR use this station on gala days, when they run trains along the line as far as Battersby. The station dates from October 1865, when the Castleton to Grosmont line was opened.[1] The signal box was moved northwards in June 1902 to allow the platform to be extended towards the west;engineers simply raised the box onto rails and slid the box into its new position.[2]

Glaisdale
Location	Glaisdale, Scarborough England
Coordinates	54.4394°N 0.7939°W
Grid reference	NZ783055
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	GLS
Classification	DfT category F2
Key dates
2 October 1865	Opened
2 August 1965	Closed to goods
Passengers
2015/16	18,754
2016/17	18,298
2017/18	20,140
2018/19	23,316
2019/20	20,920
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Glaisdale station, with train 1997

The station used to forward building stone, iron and ironstone. Three blast furnaces were located in the village which utilised two sidings built on the north side of the station with access from the east. The iron industry lasted until 1876, but the slag heaps were cleared sometime in the 1880s with the slag being sold to Surrey County Council.[3] The station was host to a camping coach in 1933 and 1935, possibly one for some of 1934 and two coaches from 1936 to 1939, the station was also used as an overnight stop for touring camping coach service in 1935.[4] Along with many other stations along the line (like Egton and Grosmont), the station lost its goods facilities in August 1965.[5]

A passing loop is located here - one of only two remaining on the entire Esk Valley line. The signal box that once operated it can still be seen on the Whitby-bound platform,[6] but the loop points now work automatically and the token machines for the single line block sections either side are operated by the train crew, under the remote supervision of the Nunthorpe signaller. Tokens are also available at the intermediate point of Grosmont station; this allows for the North York Moors Railway to operate on the single line section between Grosmont and Whitby in parallel with the Northern service.[7] Trains only normally cross here on summer Sundays, as the weekday timetable sees only one DMU on the branch at any one time.

In May 2018, the Community Rail Partnership for the Esk Valley Line opened new public toilets on the station.[8]

Services

Route 5: Esk Valley Line
Middlesbrough James Cook Marton Gypsy Lane Nunthorpe Great Ayton Battersby Kildale Commondale Castleton Moor Danby Lealholm Glaisdale Egton Grosmont Sleights Ruswarp Whitby

Following the September 2020 timetable change, Glaisdale is served by six trains per day (four on Sunday) towards Whitby, and six trains per day (four on Sunday) towards Nunthorpe and Middlesbrough.[9]

References

1. Hoole, K. (1974). A regional history of the railways of Great Britain : vol. 4; the North East. Newton Abbott: David & Charles. p. 72. ISBN 0-7153-6439-1.
2. Lloyd, Chris (26 November 2015). "Christmas books: in search of the ghost-goose of Melsonby". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
3. Maynard, Peter (2015). North Yorkshire & Cleveland Railway. Northallerton: North Eastern Railway Association. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-873513-98-9.
4. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. pp. 10 & 12. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
5. Hoole, K. (1985). Railway stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 167. ISBN 0-7153-8527-5.
6. Body, Geoffrey (1989). Railways of the Eastern Region. Wellingborough: Stephens. p. 122. ISBN 1-85260-072-1.
7. Allison, Ian (October 2016). "Technical visit to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway" (PDF). irse.org. p. 29. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
8. Gleeson, Janet (1 June 2018). "Dramatic increase in passengers on rural line". Darlington & Stockton Times (22–2018). p. 24. ISSN 2516-5348.
9. "Train times: Middlesbrough to Whitby (Esk Valley Railway)" (PDF). Northern Trains. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

External links

• Train times and station information for Glaisdale railway station from National Rail
• Layout of the station in 1990

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Lealholm		Northern Trains Esk Valley Line		Egton