Glaisdale railway station

Glaisdale railway station serves the village of Glaisdale in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Esk Valley Line and is operated by Northern Trains who provide most of the station's passenger services. The NYMR use this station on gala days, when they run trains along the line as far as Battersby. The station dates from October 1865, when the Castleton to Grosmont line was opened.[1] The signal box was moved northwards in June 1902 to allow the platform to be extended towards the west;engineers simply raised the box onto rails and slid the box into its new position.[2]

Glaisdale
Location
Place	Glaisdale
Local authority	Scarborough
Coordinates	54.4394°N 0.7939°W / 54.4394; -0.7939
Grid reference	NZ783055
Operations
Station code	GLS
Managed by	Northern Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	15,046
2015/16	18,754
2016/17	18,298
2017/18	20,140
2018/19	23,316
History
2 October 1865 (1865-10-02)	Opened
2 August 1965	Closed to goods
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Glaisdale from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Glaisdale station, with train 1997

The station used to forward building stone, iron and ironstone. Three blast furnaces were located in the village which utilised two sidings built on the north side of the station with access from the east. The iron industry lasted until 1876, but the slag heaps were cleared sometime in the 1880s with the slag being sold to Surrey County Council.[3] The station was host to a camping coach in 1933 and 1935, possibly one for some of 1934 and two coaches from 1936 to 1939, the station was also used as an overnight stop for touring camping coach service in 1935.[4] Along with many other stations along the line (like Egton and Grosmont), the station lost its goods facilities in August 1965.[5]

A passing loop is located here - one of only two remaining on the entire Esk Valley line. The signal box that once operated it can still be seen on the Whitby-bound platform,[6] but the loop points now work automatically and the token machines for the single line block sections either side are operated by the train crew, under the remote supervision of the Nunthorpe signaller. Tokens are also available at the intermediate point of Grosmont station; this allows for the North York Moors Railway to operate on the single line section between Grosmont and Whitby in parallel with the Northern service.[7] Trains only normally cross here on summer Sundays, as the weekday timetable sees only one DMU on the branch at any one time.

In May 2018, the Community Rail Partnership for the Esk Valley Line opened new public toilets on the station.[8]

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 December 2019, the Monday to Saturday service is six trains per day to both Whitby and Middlesbrough. One of the Middlesbrough trains continues along the Durham Coast Line to Newcastle Central. Four trains operate on Sundays, two of which continue to Newcastle.[9]

References

1. Hoole, K. (1974). A regional history of the railways of Great Britain : vol. 4; the North East. Newton Abbott: David & Charles. p. 72. ISBN 0-7153-6439-1.
2. Lloyd, Chris (26 November 2015). "Christmas books: in search of the ghost-goose of Melsonby". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
3. Maynard, Peter (2015). North Yorkshire & Cleveland Railway. Northallerton: North Eastern Railway Association. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-873513-98-9.
4. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. pp. 10 & 12. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
5. Hoole, K. (1985). Railway stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 167. ISBN 0-7153-8527-5.
6. Body, Geoffrey (1989). Railways of the Eastern Region. Wellingborough: Stephens. p. 122. ISBN 1-85260-072-1.
7. Allison, Ian (October 2016). "Technical visit to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway" (PDF). irse.org. p. 29. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
8. Gleeson, Janet (1 June 2018). "Dramatic increase in passengers on rural line". Darlington & Stockton Times (22–2018). p. 24. ISSN 2516-5348.
9. Northern Timetable 5 - Middlesbrough to Whitby (Esk Valley Railway) 15 December 2019 - 16 May 2020 Northern, retrieved 21 November 2019

External links

• Train times and station information for Glaisdale railway station from National Rail
• Layout of the station in 1990

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Lealholm		Northern Trains Esk Valley Line		Egton