Date: 15/04/2020

The uneconomical coastal line was closed during the Beeching axe period in the 1960s, and by 1972 all of the track had been removed. The route remained as a designated greenway for walking, cycling and horse riding and was named the Cinder Track.
However, the path was neglected for years and struggled to fulfil its potential for recreation and tourism.
In 2019, an ambitious scheme to restore the condition of the Cinder Track began and the first stage is now complete, although a ceremony planned to mark the milestone has had to be postponed due to the lockdown restrictions.

External links

The story of how a neglected Yorkshire railway closed by Beeching was given a new identity

Whitby Gazette

The Cinder Track was once a little-known and underappreciated relic of a lost railway that connected Scarborough and Whitby.

Related images

Hawsker station looking to Whitby in April 2008.
Location: Hawsker
Company: Scarborough and Whitby Railway
02/04/2008 Ewan Crawford

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]]
Location: Cloughton
Company: Scarborough and Whitby Railway
20/04/2009 John Furnevel

The RCTS North Eastern Limited calls at Robin Hood's Bay on 2 May 1964 on its way from Newcastle to Whitby. B1 61031 Reedbuck had taken over the train at York. See image [[26270]] for a view of the station forty five years on.
Location: Robin Hood^s Bay
Company: Scarborough and Whitby Railway
02/05/1964 Bruce McCartney

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