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

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and

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via

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

Ruswarp Ruswarp village lies within the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. It is around from Whitby, at the junction of the B1410 and B1416 roads, on the River Esk and the Esk Valley Line, with trains stopping at Ruswarp railway s ...

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, England. It is owned by

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and managed by

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History

The line through Ruswarp was opened in June 1835, as the initial section of the Whitby and Pickering Railway between Whitby and . The station first appears in a timetable for May 1848, though it was used before that; in July 1835, over 1,000 people were carried between Pickering and Ruswarp for the ''Ruswarp Fair Day''. The main railway building, which remains to this day and is now grade II listed, was designed by the architect

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and was built in 1850 at the request of 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 ...

who owned the line through acquisition. Immediately to the west of the station is an automatic barrier level crossing and a lattice-work iron bridge over the River Esk. The original Whitby and Pickering Railway bridge was made from Baltic pine and covered a distance of , crossing the river on a diagonal compared to its flow. The design of the station was similar to that at railway station, but with Tudor arches and Tudor chimneys. Behind the main station building was a three-road goods yard, with a connection facing towards Whitby. The yard was listed as forwarding flour and bran as it chief commodities - the village had a large mill powered by the river. A

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was positioned here by the North Eastern Region from 1959 to 1964. A second goods siding was located just across the river (on the south bank) with access to both directions of the running line. This was Sneathonthopre Siding and dealt mostly with cattle. Both goods sidings were closed in early August 1965. In the early 1980s, rationalisation of the Esk Valley Line led to the singling of the line between Grosmont and Whitby. The down line through the station was kept open, whilst the up line and platform were removed. The signal box was kept open as control for the level crossing until 1986 when it was automated.

Services

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

. Heading towards

via

, there are four trains per day. 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''

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{{Railway stations served by Northern Trains Railway stations in the Borough of Scarborough DfT Category F2 stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1847 Northern franchise railway stations Former York and North Midland Railway stations George Townsend Andrews railway stations