Yorkshire Coast Railway

Route Name = Yorkshire Coast Railway



Route Author = John Kendrick

Route Location = North Yorkshire

Route Mileage = See route description

Route Era = Early 20th Century onwards

Route Source = Available from the UKTS Yorkshire coast file library, also from UKTrainSim CD Ordering (current cost is £4.80 which includes one month’s premium UKTS membership)

Additional files required to be installed (Download Version Only) = UK Finescale - Newroads - 'Magnetic' Platform Kit I - 'Magnetic' Platform Kit II - Magnetic Platform Kit IV

Route Description =
A Download or CD route for MSTS, CD includes stock and activities plus all the required files needed to run the route..

The Yorkshire Coast Routes are based on present and former routes in and around the North Yorkshire coast and moors. Whilst all the routes have existed, they have never before been all operable at the same time! Long closed branches and sidings have been reconstructed to enable exploration by the most recent locos if you wish. Stations closed many years ago can once again be open to passenger traffic!

The track layouts are mostly derived from OS 25 inch maps of 1911/12 before these were simplified in more recent years.

THE ROUTES

Scarborough to Rillington
17 of the 42 miles depicted of the route to York.
Opened 7 July 1845
Local services ceased September 1930.

Rillington to Pickering
Distance: 6.5 miles
Opened 7 July 1845.
Closed to traffic 1 July 1966

Whitby and Pickering
Distance: 24 miles.
Opened: 26 May 1836
Goathland deviation opened 1 July 1865
Pickering to Grosmont closed 8 March 1965
Reopened by NYMR 1 May 1973

Scarborough and Whitby Railway
Distance: 21 miles.
Route opened 16 July 1885
Closed to passengers 6th March 1965
Gallows Close yard remained open to 1981
The route has a succession of very steep gradients; some of the steepest to be found anywhere on a standard guage UK railway.

Forge Valley Railway
(Pickering to Seamer)
Route opened 1 May 1882
Closed to passengers 3 June 1950
Pickering - Thornton Dale remained open for freight to 25 January 1963

Esk Valley Line (Whitby Town to Grosmont)
Route opened: 15 May 1835
Still connects Whitby to Middlesborough and the North Yorkshire Moors Railway at Grosmont.

Under construction:
Gilling and Pickering
Route opened: 1871-1875
Closed to passengers: 3 May 1964

Ryedale Branches
(Thirsk and Malton)
Route opened: 19 May 1853
Closed to passengers: 27 July 1964

Whitby Redcar & Middlesbrough Union Railway
(Track completed to Kettleness)
(Whitby West Cliff was closed 10 June 1961)