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Warrenby Halt railway station

Coordinates: 54°36′56″N 1°06′48″W / 54.61556°N 1.11347°W / 54.61556; -1.11347
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Warrenby Halt
General information
LocationWarrenby, Redcar and Cleveland
England
Coordinates54°36′56″N 1°06′48″W / 54.61556°N 1.11347°W / 54.61556; -1.11347
Grid referenceNZ573248
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
By October 1920[1]Opened as Warrenby Halt
5 May 1969[2]Renamed Warrenby
19 June 1978[1]Closed and replaced by British Steel Redcar

Warrenby Halt was a railway station opened in 1920 having been built to serve the village of Warrenby in Redcar and Cleveland, England and the nearby Dorman Long works. It consisted of wooden platforms and brick-built shelters and was gas-lit.[3]

In 1978 the railway was diverted to allow for the building of the Redcar steelworks, leaving Warrenby bypassed. A new station, Redcar British Steel, opened on the deviation line to take its place.[4] (The replacement station was officially the quietest station on the entire British rail network with only 40 passengers in 2017–18.)

Q6 63395 arrives at Newton Dale Halt, the station being built using materials from the old Warrenby Halt railway station.

One of Warrenby Halt's platforms survives at Newton Dale Halt on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Croughton, G.; Kidner, R. W.; Young, A. (1982). Private and Untimetabled Railway Stations. Trowbridge, Wilts: Oakwood Press. p. 138. ISBN 0-85361-281-1.
  2. ^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  3. ^ "Warrenby Halt". This is The North East. Archived from the original on 14 April 2003.
  4. ^ "North Eastern Railway Association. October 2000 Tour – Middlesbrough to Saltburn". October 2000. Archived from the original on 22 August 2003.
  5. ^ "www.gazettelive.com". Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
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Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Redcar Central
Line closed, station open
  London and North Eastern Railway
Tees Valley Line
  Grangetown
Line and station closed