Scalby railway station

Scalby railway station was a railway station on the Scarborough & Whitby Railway.

Scalby
Chichester Close on the site of Scalby station (2018)
Location	Scalby, Scarborough England
Coordinates	54.300800°N 0.441391°W
Grid reference	TA015905
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Scarborough & Whitby Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Key dates
16 July 1885	Opened
2 March 1953	Closed for regular passenger services
1964	Closed completely

History

The station opened on 16 July 1885, and served the village of Scalby.[1] It was situated immediately east of Scalby Viaduct and had a single platform, a goods bay, and another siding.[2]

The station closed to regular traffic on 2 March 1953,[1] the station building was then converted into a camping cottage. Two camping coaches were positioned here by the North Eastern Region from 1954 to 1956 and four coaches were here from 1957 until 1964.[3] Occasional trains stopped for users of these facilities until final closure in 1964, Quick (2019) notes that two or three trains each way had definite calls in the working timetable of June 1961.[1]

In 1974 the station was completely demolished, and a road called Chichester Close has been built on the site since. Some of the stonework has been reused in houses in this street.[4]

Accidents and incidents

• On 24 April 1956 a locomotive was derailed when the track spread under it during shunting. An instruction banning heavy locomotives from the goods yard had been forgotten.[5]

References

1. Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 357.
2. "Scalby station on OS 25 inch map Yorkshire LXXVII.12 (Scalby; Scarborough)". National Library of Scotland. 1892. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
3. 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. 33 & 40. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
4. Nick Catford. "Scalby station". Disused stations.
5. Hoole, Ken (1983). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 4. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 32. ISBN 0 906899 07 9.

Further reading

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.

External links

• Scalby station on navigable 1947 O. S. map

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Scarborough Central Line closed, station open		North Eastern Railway Scarborough & Whitby Railway		Cloughton Line and station closed