Hinderwell railway station
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Hinderwell railway station was a railway station on the Whitby Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway
. It was opened on 3 December 1883, and served the villages of Hinderwell
and Runswick Bay. It closed on 5 May 1958.
The station buildings have all been demolished, and small industrial units occupy the site. However, the former railway cottages are still (February 2008) extant, albeit modernised and extended. Living in the cottage on the far right are the Breckon family, who have lived there for many years and have witnessed the transformation of the old railway.
Whitby Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway
The Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway was a short lived railway line, running along the northeast coast of England from the River Tees at Middlesbrough to the Esk at Whitby, where it met the Scarborough & Whitby Railway line and the Whitby and Pickering Railway...
. It was opened on 3 December 1883, and served the villages of Hinderwell
Hinderwell
Hinderwell is a village and civil parish in the Scarboroughdistrict of North Yorkshire, England.Hinderwell lies about a mile from the coast on the A174 road between the towns of Loftus and Whitby. It may also be visited by the Cleveland Way footpath...
and Runswick Bay. It closed on 5 May 1958.
The station buildings have all been demolished, and small industrial units occupy the site. However, the former railway cottages are still (February 2008) extant, albeit modernised and extended. Living in the cottage on the far right are the Breckon family, who have lived there for many years and have witnessed the transformation of the old railway.