Pinchinthorpe Railway Station

Pinchinthorpe railway station was a railway station on the Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway (M& GR). It was opened on 25 February 1854 and closed in 1951, thirteen years before the rest of the Nunthorpe–Guisborough branch. It served the village of Pinchinthorpe in North Yorkshire, England, a few miles west of Guisborough railway station. HistoryTwo station buildings were constructed on either side of the bridge that still carries the Guisborough–Great Ayton road over the former railway line. The first station, on the east side of the bridge, was built in 1854 by the M& GR; it has been since converted into cottages. After the North Eastern Railway (NER) purchased the M& GR in 1863–65, it substantially increased the amount of traffic on the line and doubled the track to Guisborough. To accommodate the increased traffic, the present bridge was constructed in 1876 to replace an earlier level crossing. The NER also built a new and much larger station in 1877 on the west side of the new bridge. Designed by William Peachey, the company's resident architect, the station consisted of a stationmaster's house, porter's lodge, ticket office, toilets, and two waiting rooms. It had two side platforms, replacing the single platform of the original station. Although built inexpensively and without much refinement, it was an improvement on the NER directors' original vision of leaving the stationmaster to continue living in the old station as an economy measure. A similar design to Pinchinthorpe station was used by Peachey at Evenwood railway station in County Durham, which also survives (albeit likewise long closed).

Pinchinthorpe railway station was a railway station on the Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway (M& GR). It was opened on 25 February 1854 and closed in 1951, thirteen years before the rest of the Nunthorpe–Guisborough branch. It served the village of Pinchinthorpe in North Yorkshire, England, a few miles west of Guisborough railway station. HistoryTwo station buildings were constructed on either side of the bridge that still carries the Guisborough–Great Ayton road over the former railway line. The first station, on the east side of the bridge, was built in 1854 by the M& GR; it has been since converted into cottages. After the North Eastern Railway (NER) purchased the M& GR in 1863–65, it substantially increased the amount of traffic on the line and doubled the track to Guisborough. To accommodate the increased traffic, the present bridge was constructed in 1876 to replace an earlier level crossing. The NER also built a new and much larger station in 1877 on the west side of the new bridge. Designed by William Peachey, the company's resident architect, the station consisted of a stationmaster's house, porter's lodge, ticket office, toilets, and two waiting rooms. It had two side platforms, replacing the single platform of the original station. Although built inexpensively and without much refinement, it was an improvement on the NER directors' original vision of leaving the stationmaster to continue living in the old station as an economy measure. A similar design to Pinchinthorpe station was used by Peachey at Evenwood railway station in County Durham, which also survives (albeit likewise long closed).