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Egton railway station

Egton
National Rail
Egton Station on the Esk Valley Line (geograph 5138721).jpg
LocationEgton Bridge, Scarborough
England
Coordinates54°26′15″N 0°45′42″W / 54.4375309°N 0.7617497°W
Grid referenceNZ804053
Owned byNetwork Rail
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms1
Tracks1
Other information
Station codeEGT
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyNorth Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
2 October 1865Opened
Passengers
2015/16Increase 13,724
2016/17Decrease 12,088
2017/18Increase 12,878
2018/19Decrease 11,698
2019/20Increase 13,206
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Egton is a railway station on the Esk Valley Line, which runs between Whitby and Middlesbrough. The station serves the villages of Egton and Egton Bridge in North Yorkshire. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

History

The station opened in October 1865,[1] when the North Eastern railway completed the section of line between Castleton Moor and Grosmont as proposed by Castleton & Grosmont Railway in act passed by Parliament in July 1861.[2] The station opened up at the same time as the line did and, because of its elevated location above the valley floor, the architect of the station buildings, Thomas Prosser, had the foundations buried 16 feet (4.9 m) deep.[3][4] Between 1865 and 1881, the station was known as Egton after the bigger of the two villages it served, but between 1881 and 1892, it was called Egton Bridge named after its physical location. It reverted to being plain Egton in 1892.[5]

The station stopped forwarded and receiving goods in August 1965.[6]

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 Heritage railway
Sleights
Ruswarp
Whitby Heritage railway

Following the September 2020 timetable change, Egton is currently served by five trains per day (four on Sunday) towards Whitby, and six trains per day towards Nunthorpe and Middlesbrough.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Disused Stations: Potto Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  2. ^ Grant, Donald J (1917). Directory of the railway companies of Great Britain. Kibworth Beauchamp: Matador. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-785893-537.
  3. ^ Whitworth, Alan (2011). Esk Valley railway through time. Stroud: Amberley. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-4456-0645-3.
  4. ^ Fawcett, Bill (2003). A history of North Eastern Railway architecture. North Eastern Railway Association. p. I. ISBN 1873513488.
  5. ^ Butt, R V J (1995). The directory of railway stations : details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present. Sparkford: Stephens. p. 90. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  6. ^ Hoole, Ken (1985). Railway stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 162. ISBN 0-7153-8527-5.
  7. ^ "Train times: Middlesbrough to Whitby (Esk Valley Railway)" (PDF). Northern Trains. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

External links

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Glaisdale Northern Trains
Esk Valley Line
Grosmont
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