Sandsend railway station


Sandsend railway station was a railway station on the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway. It was opened on 3 December 1883, and served the villages of Sandsend and Lythe. It closed on 5 May 1958. The station building is now a private residence.
The station had a single platform, a brick station building which included the stationmaster's house, and a single siding serving coal drops behind the station. On this siding, camping coaches were stationed in later years. A passing loop was never added because of the extensive works it would have required. A small goods yard with a warehouse and a two-ton crane was situated a short distance away from the station towards Whitby.
Sandsend Viaduct was sited immediately south of the station. The pillbox which was built in World War II to defend the bridge is still in place.

In popular culture

In the 1947 British comedy drama Holiday Camp, the opening shots of a train arriving at a seaside cliff-top station and passengers boarding buses outside the station were filmed at Sandsend.