Hawsker railway station
Hawsker was a railway station on the Scarborough & Whitby Railway. It opened on 16 July 1885, and served the villages of High Hawsker, Low Hawsker and Stainsacre. Hawsker was a small intermediate stop and its ticket sales reflected this; it sold only 8,982 tickets in 1922.[1]
Hawsker | |
|---|---|
The former platform at Hawsker with some old railway carriages (2007) | |
| General information | |
| Location | Hawsker, Scarborough England |
| Coordinates | 54°27′34″N 0°34′43″W / 54.459350°N 0.578500°W |
| Grid reference | NZ922080 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Scarborough and Whitby Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1885 | Opened |
| 1965 | Closed |
| Location | |
The Scarborough & Whitby railway was a victim of the Beeching cuts and all freight traffic to Hawsker was curtailed by 10 August 1964 and the station closed to passengers on 8 March 1965.[2]
The track from Whitby was left in situ until 1973 pending potash traffic which never materialised.[3] The road overbridge immediately south of the station was removed in the 1990s and replaced with a dual pelican crossing.[4] The station is now (2007) the headquarters of Trailways Cycle Hire and has old railway carriages used as accommodation on site. In the 2010s a brick wing (in a style similar to the rest of the building) was added to the station house's southeast side.
References edit
- ^ "Hawsker Station, Whitby - The LNER Encyclopedia". www.lner.info. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ "Disused Stations: Hawsker Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ Bairstow, Martin (2008). Railways around Whitby: Scarborough – Whitby – Saltburn, Malton – Goathland – Whitby, Esk Valley, Forge Valley and Gilling lines. Leeds: Martin Bairstow. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-871944-34-1.
- ^ "Geograph:: Crossing at High Hawsker (C) Graham Horn". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- 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 edit
- Trailways Cycle Hire (current owners of the station)
- Hawsker station on navigable O. S. map
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Hood's Bay Line and station closed | North Eastern Railway Scarborough & Whitby Railway | Whitby West Cliff Line and station closed |