Guisborough railway station explained

Guisborough
Status:Disused
Borough:Guisborough, Redcar and Cleveland
Country:England
Coordinates:54.5342°N -1.0503°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:1
Original:Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway
Pregroup:North Eastern Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years1:11 November 1853
Events1:Opened to goods
Years2:25 February 1854
Events2:Opened to passengers
Years3:2 March 1964
Events3:Closed to passengers
Years4:31 August 1964
Events4:Closed completely

Guisborough railway station was the terminus of the Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway. It served the town of Guisborough in North Yorkshire, England. The station was opened to goods in November 1853, and to passenger traffic on 25 February 1854. The station was closed to passengers, along with the entire Nunthorpe–Guisborough branch, on 2 March 1964, with freight being lost in August 1964.

History

The station had a single platform covered by a glass roof. Its entrance was on Bow Street, between its junctions with Fountain Street and Whitby Road. It was opened to goods traffic on 11 November 1853, and passengers on 25 February 1854.[1] [2]

Because the station was at the end of a branch, trains had to reverse out to Hutton Junction (Guisborough Junction from 1932) in order to continue eastwards along the NER line (the former eastern part of the Cleveland Railway). Services could either go to Loftus, or to Saltburn (from 1878 to 1917 on the Priestcroft Curve or via Brotton).

In 1932, the signal box at Guisborough station was closed, and all workings in and out of the station were controlled from the signal box at Hutton Junction, renamed to Guisborough. The double track line was then worked as a single track line for passenger trains (southernmost) and a single track line for goods traffic only. The Railway Clearing House list from 1904 shows that Guisborough had a crane that could lift and could accommodate livestock, general goods, furniture vans and horse boxes.[3]

The station was listed for closure in March 1963,[4] and closed to passengers in February 1964, closing completely in August of the same year. The station building was demolished during redevelopment works in 1967.[5] [6] Rectory Lane now cuts directly through the station's former site.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Scraps of News . The Huddersfield Chronicle . 191 . 26 November 1853 . Column E . 3. 1326218001.
  2. Book: Burgess . Neil . The lost railways of Yorkshire's North Riding . 2011 . Stenlake . Catrine . 9781840335552 . 34.
  3. Book: The Railway Clearing House handbook of railway stations, 1904. . 1970 . David & Charles . Newton Abbot . 0715351206 . 245.
  4. News: Complete List Of The Passenger Stations And Halts To Be Closed . The Times . 55661 . 28 March 1963 . 9. 0140-0460.
  5. Book: Hoole . K. . Railway stations of the North East . 1985 . David & Charles . Newton Abbot . 0-7153-8527-5 . 168.
  6. Book: Thompson . Alan R. . Groundwater . Ken . Cleveland and North Yorkshire (part 2) . 2001 . Past & Present Pub . Great Addington . 1858950546 . 46.
  7. Web site: Guisborough . maps.nls.uk . 3 July 2022 . Use the slider to toggle between older mapping and modern day satellite imagery.