Grosmont railway station

Grosmont
Location	Grosmont, Scarborough England
Coordinates	54°26′11″N 0°43′31″W / 54.4364560°N 0.7253575°W / 54.4364560; -0.7253575
Grid reference	NZ828052
Managed by	Northern Trains North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Platforms	4
Tracks	4
Other information
Station code	GMT
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Whitby and Pickering Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Rail (North Eastern Region)
Key dates
8 June 1835 (1835-06-08)	Opened as Tunnel Inn
Before June 1847	Renamed Grosmont
8 March 1965	Branch line to Pickering closed to passengers
22 April 1973	Branch line to Pickering reopened as part of North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Passengers
2016/17	13,514
2017/18	13,912
2018/19	12,390
2019/20	13,912
2020/21	4,420
Location
Grosmont Location in North Yorkshire, England
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Grosmont is a railway station on the Esk Valley Line, which runs between Middlesbrough and Whitby via Nunthorpe. The station, situated 6 miles 24 chains (10 km) west of Whitby, serves the village of Grosmont, Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. The station is also served by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, which operates heritage services between Pickering and Whitby via Grosmont.

History[]

The Whitby and Pickering Railway was a horse-worked line engineered George Stephenson, which opened between Whitby and Grosmont in 1835. At the time, the station was known as Tunnel, named after the tunnel required to pass from Grosmont towards Beckhole.^[1]

In 1845, the railway was sold to George Hudson's York and North Midland Railway. Additional parliamentary powers were subsequently obtained by the Whitby and Pickering Railway to make various improvements to its alignment, as well as to permit the introduction of steam power. The line was also converted from single into a fully double track steam-powered railway. The first steam engine entered service at Whitby in July 1847.

At Grosmont a new wider tunnel and bridge were constructed, most likely to designs of John Cass Birkinshaw. A G.T. Andrews designed railway station was also built, creating Grosmont's first true railway station.

In 1854, the York and North Midland Railway was one of the three railway companies that came together to form the North Eastern Railway. In 1865, the station became a junction, following a deviation line on the route to Pickering, which was constructed in order to avoid the cable-worked incline at Beckhole. A new connection was also made from Castleton (now Castleton Moor) to Grosmont, which now operates as part of the Esk Valley Line.

Between 1900 and 1924, iron ore extraction resulted in the whole area under the station being mined, using the pillar and stall method. The North Eastern Railway purchases the ironstone under the station house and the river bridge, and made preparations to deal with subsidence elsewhere.

The North Eastern Railway built a short terrace of cottages just south of the tunnel. In later years, these were used by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway to house volunteers, but were subsequently demolished in 1989, to allow extensions to the running shed and workshops.^[2]

Two North Eastern Railway camping coaches were positioned here between 1959 and 1964.^[3]

The branch line between Grosmont and Malton via Pickering was closed on 8 March 1965, under the Beeching Axe.^[4] It was later reopened by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway as a heritage railway on 22 April 1973, and currently operates between Grosmont and Pickering, with services also extending to Whitby.^[5]

The station has appeared several times in the television series Heartbeat.

Services[]

Northern Trains[]

Route 5
v t
Esk Valley Line
Middlesbrough James Cook Marton Gypsy Lane Nunthorpe Great Ayton Battersby Kildale Commondale Castleton Moor Danby Lealholm Glaisdale Egton Grosmont Sleights Ruswarp Whitby

As of the May 2021 timetable change, the station is served by five trains per day (four on Sunday) towards Whitby. Heading towards Middlesbrough via Nunthorpe, there are six trains per day (four on Sunday). Most trains continue to Newcastle via Hartlepool. All services are operated by Northern Trains.^[6]

Rolling stock used: Class 156 Super Sprinter and Class 158 Express Sprinter

North Yorkshire Moors Railway[]

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway operates heritage services between Pickering and Whitby via Grosmont. Services run daily from Easter until the end of October each year, with some additional services at other times of year.

Gallery[]

Historic structures[]

References[]

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Further reading[]

External links[]

• Media related to Grosmont railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Train times and station information for Grosmont railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Egton		Northern Trains Esk Valley Line		Sleights
	Heritage railways
Goathland		North Yorkshire Moors Railway		Whitby
	Disused railways
Beckhole		North Eastern Railway Whitby and Pickering Railway		Terminus