Hawsker railway station

Hawsker
The former platform at Hawsker with some old railway carriages (2007)
General information
LocationHawsker, North Yorkshire
England
Coordinates54°27′34″N 0°34′43″W / 54.459350°N 0.578500°W / 54.459350; -0.578500
Grid referenceNZ922080
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyScarborough and Whitby Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1885Opened
1965Closed
Location
Map

Hawsker was a railway station on the Scarborough & Whitby Railway. It opened on 16 July 1885, and served the villages of High Hawsker, Low Hawsker and Stainsacre. Hawsker was a small intermediate stop and its ticket sales reflected this; it sold only 8,982 tickets in 1922.[1]

The Scarborough & Whitby railway was a victim of the Beeching cuts and all freight traffic to Hawsker was curtailed by 10 August 1964 and the station closed to passengers on 8 March 1965.[2]

The track from Whitby was left in situ until 1973 pending potash traffic which never materialised.[3] The road overbridge immediately south of the station was removed in the 1990s and replaced with a dual pelican crossing.[4] The station is now (2007) the headquarters of Trailways Cycle Hire and has old railway carriages used as accommodation on site. In the 2010s a brick wing (in a style similar to the rest of the building) was added to the station house's southeast side.

References

  1. ^ "Hawsker Station, Whitby - The LNER Encyclopedia". www.lner.info. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Disused Stations: Hawsker Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  3. ^ Bairstow, Martin (2008). Railways around Whitby: Scarborough – Whitby – Saltburn, Malton – Goathland – Whitby, Esk Valley, Forge Valley and Gilling lines. Leeds: Martin Bairstow. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-871944-34-1.
  4. ^ "Geograph:: Crossing at High Hawsker (C) Graham Horn". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  • 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.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Robin Hood's Bay
Line and station closed 		  North Eastern Railway
Scarborough & Whitby Railway 		  Whitby West Cliff
Line and station closed


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