Great Ayton  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Great Ayton,North Yorkshire England | ||||
| Coordinates | 54°29′22″N1°06′54″W / 54.4893819°N 1.1150788°W /54.4893819; -1.1150788 | ||||
| Grid reference | NZ574108 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||
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| Station code | GTA | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | North Eastern Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway | ||||
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| 1 April 1868 | Opened asAyton | ||||
| 1874 | RenamedGreat Ayton | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  8,614 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  2,064 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 8,662 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 10,118 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 12,360 | ||||
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Great Ayton is a railway station on theEsk Valley Line, which runs betweenMiddlesbrough andWhitby viaNunthorpe. The station, situated 8 miles 37 chains (13.6 km) south-east of Middlesbrough, serves the village ofGreat Ayton inNorth Yorkshire, England. It is owned byNetwork Rail and managed byNorthern Trains.
On 1 June 1864, theNorth Eastern Railway opened a short line which linkedBattersby, on their route betweenPicton andGrosmont, withNunthorpe on theMiddlesbrough and Guisborough Railway – a subsidiary of theStockton and Darlington Railway.
Thislink line was initially used solely by mineral trains. Passenger trains along the route began four years later,[1] and a station atGreat Ayton was opened on 1 April 1868.[2]
The station is on the single track rail line betweenNunthorpe andBattersby[3] and there are only a few trains per day. The goods yard at the station closed down in July 1965 along with many other stations on the Esk Valley line.[4] Until the 1950s, trains used to run from the station toStokesley,Whitby Town andMiddlesbrough but only the latter two destinations are now served.[5]
Next to Great Ayton station is the village garage and towing service. The station had, until 1934, a full station building complete with booking office and waiting room, this however was demolished to save costs.
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As of the May 2021 timetable change, the station is served by five trains per day (four on Sunday) towardsWhitby, with two trains per day (Monday to Saturday) running as far asBattersby. Heading towardsMiddlesbrough viaNunthorpe, there are seven trains per day (four on Sunday). Most trains continue toNewcastle viaHartlepool. All services are operated byNorthern Trains.[6]
Rolling stock used:Class 156Super Sprinter andClass 158Express Sprinter
Media related toGreat Ayton railway station at Wikimedia Commons| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Nunthorpe | Northern Trains Esk Valley Line | Battersby | ||
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