Staintondale railway station


Staintondale railway station, also known as Stainton Dale railway station, was north of Scarborough and served the hamlet of Staintondale in North Yorkshire, England.
Staintondale railway station opened on 16 July 1885 on the Scarborough & Whitby Railway when it opened the full line.
It had two platforms either side of a passing loop, a small goods yard to the west of the station and was listed in 1904 as being able to handle general goods, livestock, horse boxes and prize cattle vans, but there was no permanent crane, although one is shown on the 1893 Ordnance survey map.
In 1937 the station was renamed as Stainton Dale.
A camping coach was positioned here by the North Eastern Region from 1954 to 1958 and two coaches were here from 1959 to 1964.
On 4 May 1964 the goods service was withdrawn from the station which closed completely on 8 March 1965. During 1965, its average weekly taking was £15, but the wages bill for the station came to £180.
The platforms and the main station buildings are still in place.

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