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Ruswarp railway station

Ruswarp is a railway station on the Esk Valley Line, which runs between Middlesbrough and Whitby via Nunthorpe. The station, situated 1 mile 30 chains (2.2 km) south-west of Whitby, serves the village of Ruswarp in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

Ruswarp
National Rail
General information
LocationRuswarp, North Yorkshire
England
Coordinates54°28′12″N 0°37′40″W / 54.4699980°N 0.6276892°W / 54.4699980; -0.6276892
Grid referenceNZ890091
Owned byNetwork Rail
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms1
Tracks1
Other information
Station codeRUS
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyWhitby and Pickering Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
8 June 1835Opened
Passengers
2019/20Increase 3,064
2020/21Decrease 684
2021/22Increase 3,054
2022/23Decrease 2,952
2023/24Increase 4,002
Location
Ruswarp is located in North Yorkshire
Ruswarp
Ruswarp
Location in North Yorkshire, England
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

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The line through Ruswarp was opened in June 1835, as the initial section of the Whitby and Pickering Railway between Whitby and Grosmont.[1] The station first appears in a timetable for May 1848, though it was used before that; in July 1835, over 1,000 people were carried between Pickering and Ruswarp for the Ruswarp Fair Day.[2][note 1]

The main railway building, which remains to this day and is now grade II listed, was designed by the architect G T Andrews and was built in 1850 at the request of the York and North Midland Railway who owned the line through acquisition.[5][6] Immediately to the west of the station is an automatic barrier level crossing and a lattice-work iron bridge over the River Esk.[7] The original Whitby and Pickering Railway bridge was made from Baltic pine and covered a distance of 312 feet (95 m), crossing the river on a diagonal compared to its flow.[8][9] The design of the station was similar to that at Sleights railway station, but with Tudor arches and Tudor chimneys.[10]

Behind the main station building was a three-road goods yard, with a connection facing towards Whitby. The yard was listed as forwarding flour and bran as it chief commodities - the village had a large mill powered by the river.[11][12] A camping coach was positioned here by the North Eastern Region from 1959 to 1964.[13] A second goods siding was located just across the river (on the south bank) with access to both directions of the running line. This was Sneathonthopre Siding and dealt mostly with cattle. Both goods sidings were closed in early August 1965.[14][15][16]

In the early 1980s, rationalisation of the Esk Valley Line led to the singling of the line between Grosmont and Whitby. The down line through the station was kept open, whilst the up line and platform were removed.[15] The signal box was kept open as control for the level crossing until 1986 when it was automated.[17]

Services

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As of the May 2021 timetable change, the station is served by five trains per day (four on Sunday) towards Whitby. Heading towards Middlesbrough via Nunthorpe, there are four trains per day. Most trains continue to Newcastle via Hartlepool. All services are operated by Northern Trains.[18]

Rolling stock used: Class 156 Super Sprinter and Class 158 Express Sprinter

Preceding station   National Rail Following station
Sleights   Northern Trains
Esk Valley Line 		  Whitby

Notes

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  1. ^ Different sources state different opening times. Hoole states 1847 (three years before the station building, when the line was fully converted from horse operation to steam). Bairstow states that the station opened on 15 May 1835.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Young, Alan (2015). Lost stations of Yorkshire; the North and East Ridings. Kettering: Silver Link. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-85794-453-2.
  2. ^ Quick, Michael (2019). "Railway Passenger Stations in England, Scotland and Wales; a Chronology" (PDF). rchs.org.uk. pp. 349, 450. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  3. ^ Hoole, Ken (1985). Railway stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 64. ISBN 0-7153-8527-5.
  4. ^ Bairstow 2008, p. 111.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Ruswarp Station (Grade II) (1239952)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  6. ^ Hoole, K (1974). A regional history of the railways of Great Britain. Vol. 4, North East England. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 67. ISBN 0-7153-6439-1.
  7. ^ Padget, David (2016). Railway Track Diagrams Book 2: Eastern (4 ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. 48C. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.
  8. ^ Whitworth, Alan (1998). Esk Valley Railway : a travellers' guide ; a description of the history and topography of the line between Whitby and Middlesbrough. Barnsley: Wharncliffe. pp. 25–26. ISBN 1-871647-49-5.
  9. ^ Hoole, Ken (1984). North-Eastern branch lines : past and present. Poole: Oxford Pub. Co. 139. ISBN 0-86093-189-7.
  10. ^ Ellis, Norman (1995). North Yorkshire railway stations. Ochiltree: R. Stenlake. p. 30. ISBN 1-872074-63-4.
  11. ^ Waters, Colin (2011). A history of Whitby & its place names. Stroud: Amberley. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-4456-0429-9.
  12. ^ Hoole, Ken (1985). Railway stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 185. ISBN 0-7153-8527-5.
  13. ^ McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. p. 40. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
  14. ^ "Explore georeferenced maps - Map images - National Library of Scotland". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  15. ^ a b Hoole, K (1983). Railways of the North York Moors : a pictorial history. Clapham: Dalesman Books. p. 36. ISBN 0-85206-731-3.
  16. ^ Chapman, Stephen (2008). York to Scarborough, Whitby & Ryedale. Todmorden: Bellcode Books. p. 89. ISBN 9781871233193.
  17. ^ Bairstow 2008, p. 90.
  18. ^ "Train times: Middlesbrough to Whitby (Esk Valley Railway)" (PDF). Northern Trains. 16 May 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.

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