Grinkle railway station

Former railway station in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England

54°33′04″N 0°51′42″W / 54.551078°N 0.861616°W / 54.551078; -0.861616Grid referenceNZ737179Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyWhitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union RailwayPre-groupingNorth Eastern RailwayPost-groupingLondon and North Eastern RailwayKey dates3 December 1883 (1883-12-03)Opened as Easington1 April 1904Renamed Grinkle11 September 1939 (1939-09-11)Closed

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 the nearby baronial mansion of Grinkle Park, to avoid confusion with Easington station on the North Eastern Railway's Durham Coast Line.

The station originally had only one platform, a second being added around 1906 to increase the passenger capacity of the line. A small goods yard with one siding was situated west of the station, serving a coal depot. There was a brick-built station building along with a signal box.^[3]

The station closed on 11 September 1939,^[4] but was used as a passing loop afterwards.^[3] Though the line is closed to passengers, the track remains to service the nearby Boulby Potash Mine. However the track layout has been changed and the station has been completely dismantled.^[5]

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

References

^ Butt 1995, p. 87.
^ Butt 1995, pp. 87, 110.
^ ^a ^b Ken Mell. "Disused Stations: Grinkle Station". Retrieved 12 June 2017.
^ Butt 1995, p. 110.
^ Nigel Thompson (10 October 2009). "Grinkle railway station (site), Yorkshire". Geograph.co.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2017.