Castleton Moor railway station

Castleton Moor
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Location
Place	Castleton
Local authority	Scarborough
Coordinates
Grid reference	NZ683084
Operations
Station code	CSM
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	6,452
2005/06	7,174
2006/07	6,062
2007/08	5,613
2008/09	5,198
2009/10	5,544
2010/11	5,164
2011/12	5,058
2012/13	4,850
2013/14	4,892
2014/15	4,858
History
Key dates	Opened 1861 (1861)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Castleton Moor from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Castleton Moor railway station serves the village of Castleton in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Esk Valley Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all of the station's passenger services.

History

The station opened in April 1861 as the temporary terminus of the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway route from Stokesley. This was extended eastwards to Grosmont four years later - formal opening occurring on 2 October 1865. A direct link from Battersby through to Nunthorpe & Middlesbrough was also commissioned at this time - this is the route now used by all trains, as the original line west of Battersby was closed to passengers in June 1954 and completely four years later.

Though the line was built with a single track, the station was provided with two platforms as it was the location of one of the route's passing loops. A signal box was also constructed here, along with a goods shed and associated yard - these all survived (along with the loop) until the final withdrawal of goods services over the route in 1982. The goods shed can still be seen but the loop has been lifted, the second platform removed and the box demolished.

Services

Four trains each way call here throughout the week, although Sunday trains only operate between March and early November.

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Commondale		Northern Rail Esk Valley Line		Danby