Scorton railway station (North Yorkshire) was a railway station in what is now the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. The village of Scorton is situated around 0.5 mi south from the site of the station.

History

The station was once part of the Eryholme-Richmond branch line, built by the York and Newcastle Railway in 1846. Like most of the infrastructure of the line, Scorton station was built in the Tudor Style. The station was located 9 mi down the line from Darlington. The station buildings were just to the north of the village, and on the 'down' side of the station on the Richmond bound platform. The station buildings also included a pub, the St Cuthbert's Inn, which was named after a well in the field behind the inn and station buildings. Passenger traffic to the station was buoyed by pupils going to and from the grammar school, passenger traffic for the Hospital of St John and God, and during the Second World War, service personnel for RAF Scorton. The station had a goods yard with a connection that faced westwards. Records show that the station could handle livestock as well as general goods, with hay, clover and barley being the main commodities railed from the station. The goods yard closed in August 1965. Passenger services on the Richmond branch line were withdrawn on 3 March 1969, however, freight traffic continued for another year, lasting until early 1970.

Present

The station is now a residential property, the waiting room is now the lounge and the platforms are garden features. Much of the trackbed to the west of Scorton station has been destroyed by sand and gravel quarrying.

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