Hawsker railway station
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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
. It closed on 8 March 1965.
The track from Whitby
was left in situ until 1973 pending potash traffic which never materialised.
The station is now (2007) the headquarters of Trailways Cycle Hire and has old railway carriages used as accommodation on site.
Scarborough & Whitby Railway
The Scarborough & Whitby Railway was a railway line from Scarborough to Whitby in North Yorkshire, England, the line followed a scenic route along the Yorkshire coast.It fell victim to the Beeching Axe closing in 1965...
. It opened on 16 July 1885, and served the villages of High Hawsker, Low Hawsker and Stainsacre
Stainsacre
Stainsacre is a village in the civil parish of Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire.The village's population in 1809 was 144....
. It closed on 8 March 1965.
The track from Whitby
Whitby
Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has a combined maritime, mineral and tourist heritage, and is home to the ruins of Whitby Abbey where Caedmon, the...
was left in situ until 1973 pending potash traffic which never materialised.
The station is now (2007) the headquarters of Trailways Cycle Hire and has old railway carriages used as accommodation on site.
External links
- Trailways Cycle Hire (current owners of the station)
- Hawsker station on navigable O. S. map