Where is Stokesley railway station?

Stokesley railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.4594°, -1.1800°.

Heritage railway stations · North East England

Stokesley railway station

Stokesley railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.

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Stokesley 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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Stokesley railway station was a railway station built to serve the town of Stokesley in North Yorkshire, England. The station was on the North Yorkshire and Cleveland line between Sexhow and Ingleby, which opened in 1857. The line was extended progressively until it met the Whitby & Pickering Railway at Grosmont. It was closed in 1954 to passengers and eleven years later to goods. The station was located 16 miles (26 km) south of Stockton and 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) west of Battersby station.

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History

A railway station had been planned for Stokesley in the 1830s when the Stockton & Darlington Railway Company issued a prospectus for an extension of their line from Yarm to Stokesley. In the end, this line was never built and the first railway station in Stokesley came about with the opening of the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway in 1857. The station was opened formally on 2 March 1857 and then to the public on the following day. Stokesley was a terminus for a year until the line eastwards was opened up progressively in 1858 to and then . The station was actually located 1 mi south of Stokesley town; it was in the parish of Kirkby. Stokesley is a market town, and as such, was the most…

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