Grinkle railway station

Grinkle railway station was on the Whitby Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway. It was opened on 3 December 1883,[1] and served the village of Easington in North Yorkshire, England. It was originally named Easington, but was renamed Grinkle on 1 April 1904[2] after Grinkle Park, to avoid confusion with Easington station on the North Eastern Railway's Durham Coast Line.

Grinkle
LocationEasington, Redcar and Cleveland
England
Coordinates54.551078°N 0.861616°W / 54.551078; -0.861616
Grid referenceNZ737179
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyWhitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
3 December 1883 (1883-12-03)Opened as Easington
1 April 1904Renamed Grinkle
11 September 1939 (1939-09-11)Closed

The station had originally only one platform, a second one was added around 1906 to increase the passenger capacity of the line. A small goods yard with only one siding was situated west of the station, serving a coal depot. There were a brick-built station building and a signal box.[3] It closed on 11 September 1939,[4] but was used as a passing loop afterwards.[3] Since the line was closed and the tracks to Boulby Potash Mine were relaid, the station has been completely dismantled.[5]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Loftus
Line and station closed		   North Eastern Railway
WR&MU		   Staithes
Line and station closed

References
  1. Butt 1995, p. 87.
  2. Butt 1995, pp. 87, 110.
  3. Ken Mell. "Disused Stations: Grinkle Station". Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  4. Butt 1995, p. 110.
  5. Nigel Thompson (10 October 2009). "Grinkle railway station (site), Yorkshire". Geograph.co.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

Further reading
  • Williams, Michael Aufrère (2012). The Whitby-Loftus Line. Jet Coast Development Trust. ISBN 978-0-9567890-1-3.


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