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| General information | |||||
| Location | Whitby,North Yorkshire England | ||||
| Coordinates | 54°29′05″N0°36′55″W / 54.4848396°N 0.6151910°W /54.4848396; -0.6151910 | ||||
| Grid reference | NZ898108 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | WTB | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Whitby and Pickering Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway | ||||
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| 8 June 1835 (1835-06-08) | Opened asWhitby | ||||
| 4 June 1847 | Resited | ||||
| 1886 | RenamedWhitby Town | ||||
| 1924 | RenamedWhitby | ||||
| 30 September 1951 | RenamedWhitby Town | ||||
| 5 September 1966 | RenamedWhitby | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.135 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  49,828 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.120 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.126 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.143 million | ||||
Listed Building – Grade II | |||||
| Feature | OriginalYork and North Midland Railway station building | ||||
| Designated | 4 December 1972 | ||||
| Reference no. | 1261393[1] | ||||
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Whitby is a railway station serving the town ofWhitby inNorth Yorkshire, England. It is the southern terminus of theEsk Valley Line fromMiddlesbrough. The station is owned byNetwork Rail; its mainline services are operated byNorthern Trains and itsheritage services by theNorth Yorkshire Moors Railway.
Whitby's original railway station stood near to the end of the current platform, in the form of the offices, workshop and carriage shed of theWhitby and Pickering Railway; a single track horse worked line opened throughout in 1836. Its engineer wasGeorge Stephenson.
In 1845, the W&P was taken over by theYork and North Midland Railway and converted into a double tracked, steam worked line. The Y&NM built the present Whitby station to the design of its architectGeorge Townsend Andrews, who also designed the locomotive shed and the goods shed. Andrews' station included a fine 'Euston Truss' overall roof which was removed byBritish Railways in 1953 and replaced by the present awnings.[2][3]
In 1854, the Y&NM helped form theNorth Eastern Railway, who later added two more platforms to help deal with traffic from the other branch lines that served Whitby; the Esk Valley Line finally opened throughout to a junction atGrosmont in 1865 while the coast line fromLoftus opened in 1883 and from Scarborough in 1885. Block signalling replaced the time interval system in 1876 and brought Whitby an unusual three storeysignal box to make it high enough to see over the adjacent goods shed.
In 1900, the NER authorised the installation oftile maps at 25 of their stations. Whitby is one of nine stations left to have their map still in situ and intact. The other eight are atBeverley,Hartlepool, Middlesbrough,Morpeth,Saltburn,Scarborough,Tynemouth andYork.[4]
The NER became part of theLondon and North Eastern Railway at thegrouping of the railways in 1923 and the LNER became part ofBritish Railways with thenationalisation of the railways in 1948. The only changes brought to Whitby were in locomotives, rolling stock and signalling; the basic structure remained unchanged.
The station was scheduled to be closed in the 1963Beeching Report, which recommended the removal of all three lines serving the station. The route toYork viaPickering andMalton was closed as scheduled, while the coast lines had gone by 1965. However the Esk Valley Line to Middlesbrough was kept open because of poor road access for replacement buses.[5]
With the closure of all but the Esk Valley Line, Whitby lost almost all of its staff. Over the following years the pickup goods train was withdrawn, the remaining double track as far asGrosmont was singled and the signal box closed and demolished, as was the goods shed. A run-round loop for excursion trains was retained and was used by the regular NYMR services from 2007 until 2014.
Platforms 3 and 4 were entirely removed and the site sold off, to be occupied by a supermarket. Platform 2 was cut back to what remains of the trainshed and its track removed, leaving only platform 1 rail served. Apart from the roofless and truncated station, Whitby's only other surviving railway buildings are the two trackengine shed, originally built by theYork and North Midland Railway and extended by theNER and the neglected remains of one of the pair ofWhitby and Pickering Railway 1835 weighbridge houses.
In 2013, plans were approved for major development work around the station. This included the rebuilding and restoration of platform 2, to a somewhat longer length than the original.[6][7] When the rebuilding of platform 2 was complete in 2014, the NYMR increased their service to four trains per day (five in peak periods) to and from Whitby.[6][8][9] In December 2019,Northern increased their services from four trains per day to six.[10]
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As of the May 2021 timetable change, the station is served by six trains per day (four on Sunday) towardsMiddlesbrough viaNunthorpe. Most trains continue toNewcastle viaHartlepool. All services are operated byNorthern Trains.[11]
Rolling stock used:Class 156 andClass 158 Sprinter Units.
TheNorth Yorkshire Moors Railway operates heritage services betweenPickering and Whitby viaGrosmont. Services run daily from Easter until the end of October each year, with some additional services at other times of year.
Media related toWhitby railway station at Wikimedia Commons| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Ruswarp | Northern Trains Esk Valley Line | Terminus | ||
| Preceding station |  Heritage railways | Following station | ||
| Grosmont towardsPickering | North Yorkshire Moors Railway | Terminus | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Whitby West Cliff | North Eastern Railway Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway | Terminus | ||
| This station offers access to theCleveland Way | |
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| Distance to path | |
| Next station anticlockwise | Saltburn 19 miles |
| Next station clockwise | Scarborough 21 miles |
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