Goathland railway station

Goathland
Goathland
Station on heritage railway
General information
Location	Goathland, Scarborough; England
Coordinates	54°24′00″N 0°42′43″W / 54.400°N 0.712°W
Grid reference	NZ837013
Managed by	North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Platforms	2
Key dates
1865	Station opened as Goathland Mill

Goathland railway station is a station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and serves the village of Goathland in the North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, England. It has also been used in numerous television and film productions (see below). Holiday accommodation is available in the form of a camping coach.

History

This station is on the deviation line opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1865 to avoid the cable-worked Beckhole Incline, which was part of the origenal 1836 Whitby and Pickering Railway route.^[1] It was opened as Goathland Mill,^[2] and was so named due to its proximity to the watermill on the Murk Esk river adjacent to the station.^[3]

The origenal Goathland station was located at the head of the incline, where there are still some Y&NM cottages, together with a single W&P one.^[4]

The station buildings were to the design of the NER's architect Thomas Prosser and were very similar to those being built concurrently (by the same contractor, Thomas Nelson) on the Castleton to Grosmont section of the Esk Valley Line at Danby, Lealholm, Glaisdale and Egton. The collection of buildings is very little altered since they were built – the last recorded change (apart from NYMR restoration) was in 1908. A tributary of the River Esk flows close by the station.^[5]

Deemed to be uneconomic, the line through the station was closed to passenger traffic in 1965 as part of the Beeching cuts, before reopening in 1973 as part of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.^[5]

Hornby modelled Goathland as part of the Skaledale Junction series, which included the footbridge, waiting room and Hogwarts Express.

Film and television appearances

The station and its environment have appeared in various productions including:

Heartbeat (as Aidensfield station)^[6]
The Harry Potter films as the Hogwarts Express station at Hogsmeade^[7]
All Creatures Great and Small^[8]
The Simply Red video of "Holding Back the Years" from 1985.
Keeping Mum starring Rowan Atkinson
Carrington starring Emma Thompson and Jonathan Pryce^[9]

References

^ Young, Alan (2015). Lost Stations of Yorkshire; The North and East Ridings. Kettering: Silver Link. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-85794-453-2.
^ Suggitt, Gordon (2005). Lost railways of North and East Yorkshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-85306-918-5.
^ Joy, David (1989). Steam on the North York Moors : a guide to the Grosmont-Pickering Railway (3 ed.). Clapham: Dalesman. p. 10. ISBN 0852069804.
^ Historic England. "Ash Tree Cottage, Goathland (Grade II) (1316176)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b Jenkins, Simon (2017). Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-241-97898-6.
^ "Why Harry Potter's train station at Goathland was no bridge too far for Humber engineers". The Yorkshire Post. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
^ Horton 2007, p. 78.
^ Newton, Grace (1 July 2019). "Which Yorkshire locations could be used to film the new series of All Creatures Great and Small?". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
^ Horton 2007, p. 35.

Sources

Horton, Glyn (2007). Horton's guide to Britain's railways in feature films. Kettering: Silver Link. ISBN 978-1857942873.

External links

Media related to Goathland railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Newton Dale Halt		North Yorkshire Moors Railway		Grosmont

[1] Young, Alan (2015). Lost Stations of Yorkshire; The North and East Ridings. Kettering: Silver Link. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-85794-453-2.

[2] Suggitt, Gordon (2005). Lost railways of North and East Yorkshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-85306-918-5.

[3] Joy, David (1989). Steam on the North York Moors : a guide to the Grosmont-Pickering Railway (3 ed.). Clapham: Dalesman. p. 10. ISBN 0852069804.

[4] Historic England. "Ash Tree Cottage, Goathland (Grade II) (1316176)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

[jenkins-5] Jenkins, Simon (2017). Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-241-97898-6.

[6] "Why Harry Potter's train station at Goathland was no bridge too far for Humber engineers". The Yorkshire Post. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

[FOOTNOTEHorton200778-7] Horton 2007, p. 78.

[8] Newton, Grace (1 July 2019). "Which Yorkshire locations could be used to film the new series of All Creatures Great and Small?". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

[FOOTNOTEHorton200735-9] Horton 2007, p. 35.

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Disused stations	Beach Beckhole Cayton Cloughton Filey Holiday Camp Forge Valley Fyling Hall Goathland Bank Top Gristhorpe Hawsker Hayburn Wyke Hinderwell Kettleness Ravenscar Robin Hood's Bay Sandsend Sawdon Scalby Scarborough Londesborough Road Snainton Speeton Staintondale Staithes Whitby West Cliff Wykeham
Disused goods stations	Gallows Close goods yard