Staintondale railway station

Former railway station in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England

54°21′59″N 0°27′47″W / 54.366300°N 0.463050°W / 54.366300; -0.463050Grid referenceSE999979Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyScarborough & Whitby RailwayPre-groupingNorth Eastern RailwayPost-groupingLondon and North Eastern RailwayKey dates16 July 1885Opened1964Closed to goods traffic8 March 1965Closed
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Staintondale railway station, also known as Stainton Dale railway station, was 8 miles (13 km) north of Scarborough and served the hamlet of Staintondale in North Yorkshire, England.

Staintondale railway station opened on 16 July 1885 when the Scarborough & Whitby Railway opened the full line.[1][2]

It had two platforms either side of a passing loop and a small goods yard to the west. It was listed in 1904 as being able to handle general goods, livestock, horse boxes and prize cattle vans. There was no permanent crane, although one is shown on the 1893 Ordnance survey map.[3][4]

In 1937 the station was renamed as Stainton Dale (written as two separate words).[a][1]

A camping coach was positioned here by the North Eastern Region from 1954 to 1958 and two coaches were here from 1959 to 1964.[5]

On 4 May 1964 the goods service was withdrawn from the station, which closed completely on 8 March 1965.[1] During the station's final year of operation its average weekly taking was £15 but the wages bill for the station came to £180.[6]

The platforms and the main station buildings (used for residential purposes) are still in place.[5][7]

References

Notes

  1. ^ The 1893 Ordnance survey map has the village written as "Staintondale" and the station as "Stainton Dale"[3]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 424. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  2. ^ Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 488. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
  3. ^ a b "Stainton Dale station on OS 25 inch map Yorkshire LXII.7 (Cloughton; Staintondale)". National Library of Scotland. 1893. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. ^ The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. p. 507. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
  5. ^ a b McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. pp. 40 & 46. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
  6. ^ "A Yorkshire dog to rival Lassie, and other tales". Darlington and Stockton Times. 6 July 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  7. ^ Nick Catford. "Stainton Dale Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 24 October 2018.

Further reading

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  • Chapman, Stephen (2008). York to Scarborough Whitby & Ryedale. Bellcode Books. ISBN 978-1-871233-19-3.

External links

  • Staintondale station on navigable 1947 O. S. map


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Hayburn Wyke
Line and station closed 		  North Eastern Railway
Scarborough & Whitby Railway 		  Ravenscar
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