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Cayton railway station was a minor railway station serving the village of
Cayton Cayton is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England, south of Scarborough. History Cayton is mentioned in the ''Domesday book'' as "Caitune". In 2010, Cayton won a Silver-gilt, at the Britain in Blo ...
on the
Yorkshire Coast Line Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other English counties, functions have ...
from
Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to: People * Scarborough (surname) * Earl of Scarbrough Places Australia * Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth * Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong * Scarborough, Queensland, su ...
to Hull and was opened on 5 October 1846 by the
York and North Midland Railway The York and North Midland Railway (Y&NMR) was an English railway company that opened in 1839 connecting York with the Leeds and Selby Railway, and in 1840 extended this line to meet the North Midland Railway at Normanton near Leeds. Its first c ...
. It closed on 5 May 1952. Like its neighbour at , the former station house here remains standing as a private dwelling. The former signal box here has though been demolished, as the
level crossing A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an overpass or tunnel. The term a ...
it worked has been converted to automatic barrier operation."Former railway station at Cayton, 1989"
Brooksbank, Ben ''Geograph.org.uk''; Retrieved 23 June 2017 One platform has also survives, though it is heavily overgrown and difficult to see.


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* Disused railway stations in the Borough of Scarborough Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1846 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1952 Stations on the Hull to Scarborough line 1846 establishments in England Former York and North Midland Railway stations George Townsend Andrews railway stations {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub