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Whitby formerly Whitby Town
(1835 - )
Whitby's original 'station' stood near to the end of the remaining platform, in the form of the offices, workshop and carriage shed of the Whitby and Pickering Railway,
a single-track horse-worked line opened in 1836
In 1845, the York and North Midland Railway (Y&NM) bought the line and converted it into a double-track, steam-worked line and built the present Whitby station
In 1854, the Y&NM helped form the North Eastern Railway, who later added two more platforms to help deal with traffic from the 4 branch lines that served Whitby; the Esk Valley Line finally opened to a junction at Grosmont in 1865. The coast line from Loftus opened in 1883 and from Scarborough in 1885. The fourth line went north to Saltburn via Whitbt West Cliff
With the publication of the Beeching Report in 1963, change hung over Whitby station and its railways; the report recommended closure of all three lines that still served Whitby the fourth line going north up the coast to Saltburn had already closed in 1958. There was strong local resistance to the closure of the three lines but in the event only one line, that up the Esk Valley to Middlesbrough was saved
With all these closures, Whitby Station lost almost all of its staff and in time the goods trains were withdrawn; the remaining double track as far as Grosmont was singled and the goods shed was closed
Platforms 3 and 4 were entirely removed and the site sold off, to a Co-op supermarket. Platform 2 was cut back to what remains of the trainshed and its track removed, leaving only Platform 1 rail used
The rebuilding of platform 2 was complete in 2014, the NYMR increased their service to four trains per day (five in peak periods) from Pickering to Whitby. In December 2019, Northern increased their services from four trains per day to six
In 1845, the York and North Midland Railway (Y&NM) bought the line and converted it into a double-track, steam-worked line and built the present Whitby station
In 1854, the Y&NM helped form the North Eastern Railway, who later added two more platforms to help deal with traffic from the 4 branch lines that served Whitby; the Esk Valley Line finally opened to a junction at Grosmont in 1865. The coast line from Loftus opened in 1883 and from Scarborough in 1885. The fourth line went north to Saltburn via Whitbt West Cliff
With the publication of the Beeching Report in 1963, change hung over Whitby station and its railways; the report recommended closure of all three lines that still served Whitby the fourth line going north up the coast to Saltburn had already closed in 1958. There was strong local resistance to the closure of the three lines but in the event only one line, that up the Esk Valley to Middlesbrough was saved
With all these closures, Whitby Station lost almost all of its staff and in time the goods trains were withdrawn; the remaining double track as far as Grosmont was singled and the goods shed was closed
Platforms 3 and 4 were entirely removed and the site sold off, to a Co-op supermarket. Platform 2 was cut back to what remains of the trainshed and its track removed, leaving only Platform 1 rail used
The rebuilding of platform 2 was complete in 2014, the NYMR increased their service to four trains per day (five in peak periods) from Pickering to Whitby. In December 2019, Northern increased their services from four trains per day to six
