Hawsker
The former platform at Hawsker with some old railway carriages (2007)
General information
LocationHawsker, Scarborough
England
Coordinates54°27′34″N 0°34′43″W / 54.459350°N 0.578500°W / 54.459350; -0.578500
Grid referenceNZ922080
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyScarborough and Whitby Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1885Opened
1965Closed
Location

Hawsker was a railway station on the Scarborough & Whitby Railway. It opened on 16 July 1885, and served the villages of High Hawsker, Low Hawsker and Stainsacre. Hawsker was a small intermediate stop and its ticket sales reflected this; it sold only 8,982 tickets in 1922.[1]

The Scarborough & Whitby railway was a victim of the Beeching cuts and all freight traffic to Hawsker was curtailed by 10 August 1964 and the station closed to passengers on 8 March 1965.[2]

The track from Whitby was left in situ until 1973 pending potash traffic which never materialised. The road overbridge immediately south of the station was removed in the 1990s and replaced with a dual pelican crossing.[3] The station is now (2007) the headquarters of Trailways Cycle Hire and has old railway carriages used as accommodation on site. In the 2010s a brick wing (in a style similar to the rest of the building) was added to the station house's southeast side.

References

  1. ↑ "Hawsker Station, Whitby - The LNER Encyclopedia". www.lner.info. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Disused Stations: Hawsker Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Geograph:: Crossing at High Hawsker (C) Graham Horn". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  • Chapman, Stephen (2008). York to Scarborough Whitby & Ryedale. Bellcode Books. ISBN 978-1-871233-19-3.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Robin Hood's Bay
Line and station closed		   North Eastern Railway
Scarborough & Whitby Railway		   Whitby West Cliff
Line and station closed


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