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Scarborough And Whitby Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![The RCTS <I>North Eastern Limited</I> calls at Robin Hood's Bay on 2 May 1964 on its way from Newcastle to Whitby. B1 61031 <I>Reedbuck</I> had taken over the train at York. [See image 26270] for a view of the station forty five years on.<br><br>[Bruce McCartney 02/05/1964]](/images/31000/31552.jpg "Robin Hood^s Bay")
![Looking to Whitby. This road bridge still spans the trackbed to the north end of the short tunnel in Scarborough.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 02/04/2008]](/images/18000/18758.jpg "Scarborough")
![Hawsker station looking to Whitby.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 02/04/2008]](/images/18000/18759.jpg "Hawsker")
![Entrance to the former station at Hawsker on the coastal route between Whitby and Scarborough, closed in March 1965. Now a private residence and guest house as well as a walking centre and headquarters of Trailways cycle hire. View north towards Whitby on 2 October 2008. <br><br>[John Furnevel 02/10/2008]](/images/21000/21568.jpg "Hawsker")
![The former station at Hawsker on the abandoned coastal route south from Whitby to Scarborough. The building is now a <I>Trailways</I> walking and cycling centre. View west on 2 October 2008.<br><br>[John Furnevel 02/10/2008]](/images/21000/21768.jpg "Hawsker")
![View north over the Esk at Whitby on 20 April, showing part of the stunning thirteen arch Larpool Viaduct. This Scarborough & Whitby Railway viaduct, on which work began in 1882, carried the railway to West Cliff station [see image 21088] on the north side of the river, from where it continued north west along the coast to Middlesbrough. This section of the line was closed in 1965 and now forms part of a walkway/cycleway.<br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 20/04/2009]](/images/23000/23574.jpg "Larpool Viaduct")
![Looking east along the Esk towards Whitby from the south bank in April 2009 with the Scarborough and Whitby Railway's Larpool Viaduct dominating the scene. The Whitby - Grosmont route still passes below the viaduct (third arch from left) while the steep connecting spur that once ran from Whitby Town to Whitby West Cliff ran through the leftmost arch.<br><br>[John Furnevel 20/04/2009]](/images/23000/23655.jpg "Larpool Viaduct")
![Despite the bench sporting a Goathland nameplate, the converted station is actually Cloughton on the closed Whitby - Scarborough line. Photographed looking south along the platform on 20 April 2009. Well worth a refreshment stop! [See image 24383] <br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 20/04/2009]](/images/23000/23737.jpg "Cloughton")
![<I>The town that never was... </I> Ravenscar stands on the Yorkshire Coast, between Whitby and Scarborough. Much of the land was purchased in 1895 by the Ravenscar Estate Company, to develop a resort to compete with its well known neighbours. New roads were constructed, drainage installed, with plots laid out and offered for sale in the <I>new town</I>. Special trains were even chartered to bring in prospective purchasers to the station opened there in 1885 (then known as Peak). Unfortunately, the ill-researched project was a flop, with the development company going into liquidation in 1913, having changed the landscape forever, with its wide empty roads and occasional housing an oddity to this day. The photograph shows the Ravenscar station site looking north towards Whitby in April 2009. In the background is the former Ravenscar House Hotel, built to accommodate those visiting the area to select plots! <br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 20/04/2009]](/images/23000/23796.jpg "Ravenscar")
![View north across Larpool Viaduct, Whitby, in April 2009. At the north end stands the former West Cliff station. The route now forms part of a walkway / cycle path.<br><br>[John Furnevel 20/04/2009]](/images/24000/24024.jpg "Larpool Viaduct")
![The former station at Cloughton on the Yorkshire coast, opened by the Scarborough and Whitby Railway in 1885. Closed along with the rest of the line in 1965, the old station is now a beautifully converted <I>railway-themed</I> tea room with additional <I>al fresco</I> facilities provided on the old platform and adjacent garden on the other side of the building. The open area in the foreground is part of the Scarborough - Whitby coastal path. Photographed on 20 April 2009 looking north east. <br><br>[John Furnevel 20/04/2009]](/images/24000/24383.jpg "Cloughton")
![Standing on the old trackbed at Ravenscar in April 2009 looking south towards Scarborough. [See image 23796]<br><br>[John Furnevel 20/04/2009]](/images/44000/44948.jpg "Ravenscar")
![The Scarborough and Whitby Railway's Larpool Viaduct, photographed looking north over the Esk in April 2009 towards the former Whitby West Cliff station. The impressive structure is now part of a walkway/cycleway.<br><br>[John Furnevel 20/04/2009]](/images/45000/45021.jpg "Larpool Viaduct")
![The closed station and goods shed at Cloughton on the Whitby - Scarborough line, looking north on 20 April 2009. The converted buildings now incorporate an acclaimed tea-room known as 'The Station House'. [see image 23737] [Ref query 4007] <br><br>[John Furnevel 20/04/2009]](/images/55000/55275.jpg "Cloughton")
![The 1885 station building at Robin Hood's Bay on the Yorkshire coast between Whitby and Scarborough, looking south over the station forecourt on 13 October 2009. Closed to passengers in 1965, the building has now been refurbished and fitted out as holiday accommodation.<br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 13/10/2009]](/images/26000/26270.jpg "Robin Hood^s Bay")
![View west from Larpool viaduct on 23 March 2010 showing the Whitby and Pickering Railway running alongside the Esk towards Grosmont. The pathway on the right is the trackbed of the former link via Prospect Hill Junction that climbed steeply from the W&P before swinging north to join the Scarborough - Whitby - Middlesbrough coastal route near Whitby West Cliff station at the northern end of the viaduct. [See image 23574]<br><br>[John Furnevel 23/03/2010]](/images/28000/28894.jpg "Larpool Viaduct")
![View north across the river Esk from Larpool viaduct on 30 May 2012. Whitby Abbey is just emerging from the haar on the hilltop in the centre background, while the former Whitby West Cliff station lies just out of sight beyond the far end of the viaduct. [See image 21088] <br><br>[Brian Taylor 30/05/2012]](/images/39000/39046.jpg "Larpool Viaduct")
![A North Yorkshire Moors service heading for Whitby, hauled by 75029 <i>The Green Knight</i>, approaching Larpool Viaduct on 4 September [see image 23574].<br><br>[John Steven 04/09/2012]](/images/40000/40642.jpg "Larpool Viaduct")
![Looking south from the end of the Larpool viaduct across the nearby Larpool Lane rail overbridge it is noticeable how the line turned left towards the coast on a fairly sharp curve immediately after exiting the bridge. The trackbed now acts as the Cinder Track, running between Whitby and Scarborough, providing a long distance walking, cycling or horse riding leisure facility.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 23/10/2015]](/images/54000/54292.jpg "Whitby")
![The rather grand stairway leading up to the southbound platform at Ravenscar is perhaps a reflection of the proposed quality of the holiday resort that was envisaged for the locality and is in accord with the grandeur of the former station hotel off picture to the right.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 14/02/2016]](/images/54000/54286.jpg "Ravenscar")
