Warrenby Halt railway station
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Warrenby Halt 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 ...
opened in 1920 having been built to serve the village of
Warrenby Warrenby is a depopulated area of Redcar in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is a light industrial area, no longer residential. On the edge of Coatham Coatham is an area of Red ...
in
Redcar and Cleveland Redcar and Cleveland is a borough with unitary authority status in North Yorkshire, England. Its main settlements are Redcar, South Bank, Eston, Brotton, Guisborough, the Greater Eston part of Middlesbrough, Loftus, Saltburn and Skelton. Th ...
,
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and the nearby
Dorman Long Dorman Long & Co was a UK steel producer, later diversifying into bridge building. It was once listed on the London Stock Exchange. History The company was founded by Arthur Dorman and Albert de Lande Long when they acquired ''West Marsh ...
works. It consisted of wooden platforms and brick-built shelters and was gas-lit. In 1978 the railway was diverted to allow for the building of the
Redcar Redcar is a seaside town on the Yorkshire Coast in the Redcar and Cleveland unitary authority in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located east of Middlesbrough. The Teesside built-up area's Redcar subdivision had a population of ...
steelworks, leaving
Warrenby Warrenby is a depopulated area of Redcar in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is a light industrial area, no longer residential. On the edge of Coatham Coatham is an area of Red ...
bypassed. A new station, Redcar British Steel, opened on the deviation line to take its place. (The replacement station was officially the quietest station on the entire British rail network with only 40 passengers in 2017–18.) One of Warrenby Halt's platforms survives at Newton Dale Halt on the
North Yorkshire Moors Railway The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England, that runs through the North York Moors National Park. First opened in 1836 as the Whitby and Pickering Railway, the railway was planned in 1831 by Georg ...
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* Disused railway stations in Redcar and Cleveland Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1920 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1978 Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations {{NorthEastEngland-railstation-stub