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 | |||||
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 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 | ||||
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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 | ||
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| Robin Hood's Bay Line and station closed |
North Eastern Railway Scarborough & Whitby Railway |
Whitby West Cliff Line and station closed |
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