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Forge Valley railway station

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37: 923: 249:, which is on the Middlesbrough to Whitby Line. The station's sidings and goods yard had a west-facing connection, and the station itself had only one platform. The goods yard was listed as being capable of handling livestock and horses, and was equipped with a crane which could lift weights up to 1-tonne (1.1-ton). 244:
The station was named Forge Valley after a local beauty spot to avoid naming it after either of the Ayton villages that it was located near. This was normal practice when another station existed on the network that could be confusing to passengers, in this case
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County Council, and the old goods shed was in use as a garage. In 2024, the site was sold for a housing redevelopment, with the station building retained and being divided up into flats, and the old goods shed will be renovated and become a community centre.
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from 1935 to 1939. The station closed on 3 June 1950 when the line closed to passenger traffic.
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The station building and environs were later reused as a road and council highways depot for
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Mitchinson, James, ed. (4 July 2024). "Housing plan will rescue rail heritage".
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The Forge Valley Line – A Railway Between Pickering And Scarborough
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Disused railway stations in the Borough of Scarborough
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Disused railway station in North Yorkshire, England
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East Ayton
West Ayton
Scarborough
54°14′49″N 0°29′19″W / 54.246972°N 0.488620°W / 54.246972; -0.488620
Grid reference
SE985845
North Eastern Railway
London and North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Railway
Pickering to Seamer branch line
East
West Ayton
Forge Valley
LNER
camping coach
Great Ayton
North Yorkshire
Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology
Railway & Canal Historical Society
the original
ISBN
1-870119-48-7
ISBN
978-1-85306-918-5
ISBN
0-9477-9618-5
ISBN
978-1-4456-1827-2
"Georeferenced Maps - Map images - National Library of Scotland"

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