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Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway

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The Cleveland Railway's original Act was for a line east of Guisborough, but it also developed a rival line across private land branching from further along the S&DR than the M&G, and after permission from the government, its line extended to Guisborough, meaning the town was served by two
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In January 2019, Campaign for Better Transport released a report identifying the line which was listed as Priority 2 for reopening. Priority 2 is for those lines which require further development or a change in circumstances (such as housing developments).
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and the old Cleveland line was abandoned south of Ormesby. NER then connected the line east of Guisborough to the M&G line before Guisborough, meaning trains had to reverse out of the terminal before continuing along the line to
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A new station was built at Pinchinthorpe and in 1904 Hutton Gate was purchased for public use. The remaining stretch of the Cleveland line was connected to the Middlesbrough-Redcar line and was run as a goods service until 1966.
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Pinchinthorpe station closed in 1951, with Hutton Gate and Guisborough closing when the branch line service from Middlesbrough ended in 1964.
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The line was opened in 1853 to an iron ore mine at Codhill, and passenger services started a year later, stopping in the villages of
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to Guisborough closed in 1964 leaving the section from Middlesbrough open to Battersby. This still remains in use as part of the
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and his family, one of the major local iron ore mine owners. It was one of two railway schemes (along with the
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Suggitt, G. (2005). Lost Railways of North & East Yorkshire: Countryside Books.
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closed. More than half the line's original length is still in use as part of the
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Share of the Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway Company, issued 16 June 1857
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Map of the route of the Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway as of 1902
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During 1863-5 both M&G and the Cleveland Railway were absorbed by
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Legend
Stockton & Darlington Railway
Middlesbrough
WRMU Railway
Redcar
James Cook
Marton
Gypsy Lane
Nunthorpe
Nunthorpe-Battersby Link
Battersby
Pinchinthorpe
Hutton Gate
Hutton Junction
Cleveland Railway
Cleveland Railway
Guisborough
Cleveland Railway
Middlesbrough
Guisborough
Eston Hills
North Yorkshire
Guisborough terminus
Esk Valley Line
Whitby

Joseph Pease

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