Glaisdale is a railway station on the Esk Valley Line, which runs between

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and

Whitby Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has a maritime, mineral and tourist heritage. Its East Clif ...

via

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. The station, situated west of Whitby, serves the village of

Glaisdale Glaisdale is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England, within the North York Moors National Park. It lies at on the River Esk, between the villages of Lealholm and Egton Bridge, west of Whitby, an ...

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, England. It is owned by

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and managed by

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History

The station dates from October 1865, when the Castleton to Grosmont line was opened. The signal box was moved northwards in June 1902 to allow the platform to be extended towards the west. Engineers simply raised the box onto rails and slid the box into its new position. The station used to forward building stone, iron and ironstone. Three blast furnaces were located in the village which utilised two sidings built on the north side of the station with access from the east. The iron industry lasted until 1876, but the slag heaps were cleared sometime in the 1880s with the slag being sold to Surrey County Council. The station was host to a

camping coach Camping coaches were holiday accommodation offered by many railway companies in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland from the 1930s. The coaches were old passenger vehicles no longer suitable for use in trains, which were converted to ...

in 1933 and 1935, possibly one for some of 1934 and two coaches from 1936 to 1939, the station was also used as an overnight stop for touring camping coach service in 1935. Along with many other stations along the line (like and Grosmont), the station lost its goods facilities in August 1965. A passing loop is located here – one of only two remaining on the entire Esk Valley Line. The signal box that once operated it can still be seen on the Whitby-bound platform, but since 1989 the loop points have worked automatically and the token machines for the single line block sections either side are operated by the train crew, under the remote supervision of the

signaller. Tokens are also available at the intermediate point of station, which allows for the

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to operate on the single line section between Grosmont and in parallel with the

service. In May 2018, the

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for the Esk Valley Line opened new public toilets on the station.

Services

As of the May 2021 timetable change, the station is served by six trains per day (four on Sunday) towards

. Heading towards

via

, there are six trains per day (four on Sunday). Most trains continue to

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via Hartlepool. All services are operated by

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

References

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* * {{Railway stations served by Northern Trains Railway stations in the Borough of Scarborough DfT Category F2 stations Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1865 Northern franchise railway stations