Fyling Hall railway station was a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

on the

Scarborough & Whitby Railway The Scarborough & Whitby Railway was a railway line from Scarborough to Whitby in North Yorkshire, England. The line followed a difficult but scenic route along the North Yorkshire coast. The line opened in 1885 and closed in 1965 as part of ...

. It opened on 16 July 1885, and was named after

Fyling Hall Fyling Hall is an independent, co-educational day and boarding school situated near the small village of Fylingthorpe, near Robin Hood's Bay, south east of Whitby, North Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1923 by Mab Bradley, the school was then r ...

, near

Fylingthorpe Fylingthorpe is a village in the civil parish of Fylingdales in the Borough of Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England. Geography Fylingthorpe is located about inland from the coast of the North Sea, and about from Robin Hood's Bay, the l ...

. It was a small rural station with one platform, serving a catchment of less than 200 people.

History

Fyling Hall station opened with the whole line from Scarborough to Whitby in July 1885, and was north of

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railway station, and south of railway station. The station had the one platform located on the western edge of the line, with the toilets, goods store, waiting room, booking office and signal cabin all located on the platform itself. A single-road goods yard was located behind the platform capable of handling livestock and general goods, although there was no permanent crane. The station was often mis-spelt as ''Flying Hall'' in tourist literature. In 1911, the North Eastern Railway assessed the station as having a catchment of 200 people, with 5,700 tickets issued in the same surveyed year. It closed temporarily on 1 December 1915 as a wartime economy measure, before reopening on 18 September 1920. In 1934 it became a

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to allow two trains on the line between Ravenscar and Robins Hood Bay travelling at the same time in the same direction. In the same year, the construction of a passing loop was proposed as Fyling Hall was one of four stations on the line which did not possess one, but the proposal was rejected because the traffic levels that would justify it only occurred over short time periods. It became an unstaffed halt from 5 May 1958 with a siding remaining in use for public deliveries. Freight services were discontinued on 4 May 1964, and the station finally closed on 8 March 1965. The remains of the platforms are now overgrown with vegetation, and the station has been converted to a dwelling. The site is open as part of the railway path between Robin Hood's Bay and Ravenscar.

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{{Commons category, Fyling Hall railway station
Fyling Hall station on navigable O. S. map
Disused railway stations in the Borough of Scarborough Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations Beeching closures in England Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1885 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1915 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1920 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965