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Boosbeck railway station

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37: 300:, was originally intended to be a way of moving iron ore from the various mines in the Cleveland Hills. As such, the stations along the line did not open until some time later as passengers were not an immediate concern. Even when stations were opened in 1875 at most of the locations on the line, Boosbeck did not open until three years later in 1878. 334:
The station had two platforms, a 5-tonne (5.5-ton) crane and was capable of handling goods and livestock. The station was closed to passengers in May 1960, after which, it became an unstaffed public delivery siding. It was served by a circular freight train from Newport Yard in Middlesbrough that ran
319:. In 1938, thirteen out and back workings were listed in timetables as stopping in the station, with eight out and back services on Sundays. In NER days, the service pattern on the line was Middlesbrough-Guisborough-Saltburn. In 1933, the LNER made a change to the train services, which saw most 525:
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A station was first proposed at a cost of £2,100 in April 1874, when other stations on the line were also proposed (Brotton, Skinningrove and Loftus) which were built and opened in 1875. The design of the station was down to the architect
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The station was closed to goods traffic in September 1964. The line west of the station was closed in 1963, and closure of the line eastwards towards Brotton came at the same time as the closure to goods in 1964.
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eastwards through the station. The west facing line was not in regular use as the return trip went via Saltburn.
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to Middlesbrough trains diverted over the line as opposed to the previous route direct past
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Passenger services at the station ran from Middlesbrough to Brotton, via the line at
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was closed due to corrosion in the iron viaducts on the line.
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The stationmasters house has survived in private ownership.
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in 1862 which reached Boosbeck in that year and made it to
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The Cleveland Railway opened up a line eastwards from
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Boosbeck railway station in April 1961 looking east
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Disused railway station in North Yorkshire, England
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Boosbeck
Redcar and Cleveland
54°32′42″N 0°58′56″W / 54.5451°N 0.9823°W / 54.5451; -0.9823
Grid reference
NZ659171
Cleveland Railway
North Eastern Railway
London and North Eastern Railway
Boosbeck
North Riding of Yorkshire
Redcar and Cleveland
Cleveland Railway
North Eastern Railway
London and North Eastern Railway
Guisborough
Brotton
Skinningrove
Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway
Loftus
Stockton & Darlington Railway
William Peachey
Nunthorpe
Guisborough
Scarborough
Saltburn
Whitby
Bairstow 2008
Bairstow 2008
Bairstow 2008

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