Whitby West Cliff railway station

Whitby West Cliff
Whitby West Cliff
	265px The former station on Whitby's West Cliff
Location
Place	Whitby
Area	Scarborough
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Grid reference	NZ889111
Operations
Original company	WR&MUR
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Platforms	2
History
1883	Opened
1961	Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
	Closed railway stations in Britain; A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Whitby West Cliff railway station was a railway station on the Whitby Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway. It was opened on 3 December 1883, to serve the West Cliff area of the town of Whitby, North Yorkshire, England. It closed on 12 June 1961 meaning trains from Scarborough had to reverse at Prospect Hill junction to go to Whitby.

References

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Sandsend Line and station closed		North Eastern Railway Whitby Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway		Whitby Town Line closed, station open
Hawsker Line and station closed		North Eastern Railway Scarborough & Whitby Railway		Terminus

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