Scarborough and Whitby Railway Through Time

by Robin Lidster

The Scarborough & Whitby Railway was opened in July 1885. The 21 miles of line traversed the picturesque coast between the two towns for eighty years. There were eight stations on the line all with their own distinctive character and serving the different needs of visitors and local people. All of the stations along the route are fully illustrated in this book. The line closed in March 1965 and the buildings were later sold into private ownership and have been put to a variety of uses since that time. The aim of this book is to illustrate the changes both before and after closure along this fascinating and historical railway which has become a very popular walking and cycling trail that passes through the spectacular and varied scenery of the North Yorkshire coast.

96 pages, Paperback

First published June 2, 1977

Reviews

[Ape]

I picked this up thinking it would be about the railways around Scarborough and Whitby - not just the line between the two. So it didn't quite cover what I was looking for, but that's hardly the book's fault. Even so, I didn't really engage with this or find it massively insightful. Perhaps you have to be a railway nut to love it, and coming at things from a local history angle isn't the same.
It's a quick "read" as essentially it's just a collection of then and now photos following the now removed railway line between Scarborough and Whitby (thank you Dr Beeching). Not heck of a lot else to be said.