Cloughton railway station was a railway station on the Scarborough & Whitby Railway. It opened on 16 July 1885, and served the North Yorkshire village of Cloughton, and to a lesser extent the village of Burniston.[1]

Cloughton
The former station at Cloughton in 1989
General information
Location	Cloughton, Scarborough England
Coordinates	54.332500°N 0.445850°W / 54.332500; -0.445850
Grid reference	TA011941
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Scarborough & Whitby Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1885	Opened
1965	Closed
Location

The station had a canopied goods shed, and the '1904 Handbook of Stations', listed it as being able to handle general goods, livestock, horse boxes and prize cattle vans. it also had a 1-ton 10 cwt permanent crane.[2]

The station was host to a LNER camping coach in 1935, possibly one for some of 1934 and three coaches from 1936 to 1939.[3] Two coaches were positioned here by North Eastern Region of British Railways from 1954 and three from 1959 to 1964.[4]

The station closed on 8 March 1965.[1]

The station has been restored and is currently used as a private house, with guest accommodation provided in a converted railway carriage, a converted goods shed, and two B&B suites. A tea room formerly operated in the station building, but that closed in September 2019.[5]

References

Further reading

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• Chapman, Stephen (2008). York to Scarborough Whitby & Ryedale. Bellcode Books. ISBN 978-1-871233-19-3.

External links

• Cloughton Station website

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