Castleton Moor railway station

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 Trains who provide all of the station's passenger services.

Castleton Moor
Location
Place	Castleton
Local authority	Scarborough
Coordinates	54.4672°N 0.9466°W / 54.4672; -0.9466
Grid reference	NZ683084
Operations
Station code	CSM
Managed by	Northern Trains
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	4,858
2015/16	4,930
2016/17	5,444
2017/18	6,182
2018/19	4,928
History
Key dates	Opened 1861 (1861)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* 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.

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 with the station being named simply Castleton. 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. In 1966, the station was renamed Castleton Moor.[1]

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

Northern Trains Route 5: Esk Valley Line
Durham Coast Line to Newcastle & Tees Valley Line to Bishop Auckland Middlesbrough Tees Valley Line to Saltburn James Cook Marton Gypsy Lane Nunthorpe Great Ayton Battersby Kildale Commondale Castleton Moor Danby Lealholm Glaisdale Egton North York Moors Railway to Pickering Grosmont for North York Moors Railway Sleights Ruswarp Whitby

As of the December 2019 timetable change, on Monday to Saturday there are seven daily services to Middlesbrough and six to Whitby. There is a Sunday service of four trains in each direction.[2]

References

1. Cobb, M H (2003). Railway Atlas of Great Britain. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 438. ISBN 0711030030.
2. Northern Timetable 5 - Middlesbrough to Whitby (Esk Valley Railway) 15 December 2019 - 16 May 2020 Northern, retrieved 21 November 2019

External links

Media related to Castleton Moor railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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