Grinkle railway station explained

Grinkle
Status:Disused
Borough:Easington, Redcar and Cleveland
Country:England
Coordinates:54.5511°N -0.8616°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway
Pregroup:North Eastern Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Events1:Opened as Easington
Years2:1 April 1904
Events2:Renamed Grinkle
Events3:Closed

Grinkle railway station was on the Whitby Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway. It was opened on 3 December 1883, and served the village of Easington in North Yorkshire, England. It was originally named Easington, but was renamed Grinkle on 1 April 1904 after the nearby baronial mansion of Grinkle Park, to avoid confusion with Easington station on the North Eastern Railway's Durham Coast Line.

The station originally had only one platform, a second being added around 1906 to increase the passenger capacity of the line. A small goods yard with one siding was situated west of the station, serving a coal depot. There was a brick-built station building along with a signal box.[1]

The station closed on 11 September 1939, but was used as a passing loop afterwards.[1] Though the line is closed to passengers, the track remains to service the nearby Boulby Potash Mine. However the track layout has been changed and the station has been completely dismantled.[2]

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  1. Web site: Ken Mell . Disused Stations: Grinkle Station . 12 June 2017.
  2. Web site: Nigel Thompson . Grinkle railway station (site), Yorkshire . 10 October 2009 . Geograph.co.uk. 12 June 2017.