Heritage railway stations · North East England
Guisborough railway station
Guisborough railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Guisborough railway station is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
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was closed to passengers, along with the entire Nunthorpe–Guisborough branch, on 2 March 1964, with freight being withdrawn in August 1964.
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Background
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. 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…
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- Coordinates
- 54.5342, -1.0503
Sources
- wikidata: Q5616671 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Guisborough railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Guisborough railway station?
- Guisborough railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.5342°, -1.0503°.