Goathland Bank Top railway station

Goathland Bank Top
The site of the station, c.2000
General information
LocationGoathland, North Yorkshire
England
Coordinates54°24′07″N 0°43′08″W / 54.402°N 0.719°W / 54.402; -0.719
Grid referenceNZ831015
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyWhitby and Pickering Railway
Key dates
26 May 1836Opened
1 July 1865Closed

Goathland Bank Top was a short lived, early, railway station in Goathland, North Yorkshire, England. The station at the top of the Beckhole Incline (sometimes referred to as the Goathland Incline) was opened with the opening throughout of the Whitby and Pickering Railway (W&P) on Thursday 26 May 1836. The station closed with the opening of the NER's Deviation line (which bypassed the by then anachronistic cable worked incline) on 1 July 1865. Thus, the station had a life of less than thirty years. A new Goathland station (initially called Goathland Mill to distinguish it from the earlier station) was opened on the deviation line.