Grosmont railway station

Platforms4 (1 National Rail) (3 North Yorkshire Moors Railway)Tracks4Other informationStation codeGMTClassificationDfT category F2HistoryOriginal companyWhitby and Pickering RailwayPre-groupingNorth Eastern RailwayPost-groupingKey dates8 June 1835 (1835-06-08)Opened as Tunnel InnBefore June 1847Renamed Grosmont8 March 1965Branch line to Pickering closed to passengers22 April 1973Branch line to Pickering reopened as part of North Yorkshire Moors RailwayPassengers2018/19 12,3902019/20 13,9122020/21 4,4202021/22 11,4542022/23 11,284 Services

Preceding station	Northern			Following station
Egton towards Middlesbrough via Nunthorpe		Esk Valley Line		Sleights towards Whitby

Location
Grosmont Location in North Yorkshire, England

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Grosmont is a railway station on the Esk Valley Line, which runs between Middlesbrough and Whitby via Nunthorpe. The station, situated 6 miles 24 chains (10.1 km) west of Whitby, serves the village of Grosmont, in the Borough of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. The station is also served by heritage services operated by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

History

The Whitby and Pickering Railway was a horse-worked line engineered by George Stephenson, which opened between Whitby and Grosmont in 1835. At the time, the station was known as Tunnel, named after the tunnel required to pass from Grosmont towards Beckhole.^[1]

In 1845, the railway was sold to George Hudson's York and North Midland Railway. Additional parliamentary powers were subsequently obtained by the Whitby and Pickering Railway to make various improvements to its alignment, as well as to permit the introduction of steam power. The line was also converted from single into a fully double track steam-powered railway. The first steam engine entered service at Whitby in July 1847.

At Grosmont a new wider tunnel and bridge were constructed, most likely to designs of John Cass Birkinshaw. A G.T. Andrews designed railway station was also built, creating Grosmont's first true railway station.

In 1854, the York and North Midland Railway was one of the three railway companies that came together to form the North Eastern Railway. In 1865, the station became a junction, following a deviation line on the route to Pickering, which was constructed in order to avoid the cable-worked incline at Beckhole. A new connection was also made from Castleton (now Castleton Moor) to Grosmont, which now operates as part of the Esk Valley Line.

Between 1900 and 1924, iron ore extraction resulted in the whole area under the station being mined, using the pillar and stall method. The North Eastern Railway purchases the ironstone under the station house and the river bridge, and made preparations to deal with subsidence elsewhere.

The North Eastern Railway built a short terrace of cottages just south of the tunnel. In later years, these were used by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway to house volunteers, but were subsequently demolished in 1989, to allow extensions to the running shed and workshops.^[2]

Two North Eastern Railway camping coaches were positioned here between 1959 and 1964.^[3]

The branch line between Grosmont and Malton via Pickering was closed on 8 March 1965, under the Beeching Axe.^[4] It was later reopened by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway as a heritage railway on 22 April 1973, and currently operates between Grosmont and Pickering, with services also extending to Whitby.^[5]

The station has appeared several times in the television series Heartbeat.

Services

Northern Trains

Northern Trains Route 5
v t e
Esk Valley line
Middlesbrough James Cook University Hospital Marton Gypsy Lane Nunthorpe Great Ayton Battersby Kildale Commondale Castleton Moor Danby Lealholm Glaisdale Egton Grosmont Sleights Ruswarp Whitby

As of the May 2021 timetable change, the station is served by five trains per day (four on Sunday) towards Whitby. Heading towards Middlesbrough via Nunthorpe, there are six trains per day (four on Sunday). Most trains continue to Newcastle via Hartlepool. All services are operated by Northern Trains.^[6]

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

North Yorkshire Moors Railway

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway operates heritage services between Pickering and Whitby via Grosmont. Services run daily from Easter until the end of October each year, with some additional services at other times of year.

Gallery

Historic structures

References

Sources

Further reading

External links

• Media related to Grosmont railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Train times and station information for Grosmont railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Egton		Northern Trains Esk Valley Line		Sleights
	Heritage railways
Goathland		North Yorkshire Moors Railway		Whitby
	Disused railways
Beckhole		North Eastern Railway Whitby and Pickering Railway		Terminus