Danby railway station

Danby railway station serves the village of Danby in the parish of Danby, North Yorkshire, England. It is on the Esk Valley Line and is operated by Northern Trains who provide all of the station's passenger services.

Danby
Location	Danby, Scarborough England
Coordinates	54.466200°N 0.911000°W
Grid reference	NZ706084
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	DNY
Classification	DfT category F2
Passengers
2015/16	7,084
2016/17	6,334
2017/18	6,810
2018/19	6,184
2019/20	6,796
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station opened in 1865 with the line.[1]

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1936 to 1939 and may have had a coach visiting in 1934.[2]

Danby is the location of the North York Moors National Park visitors centre. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) from the station to the centre on foot.[3]

Services

Route 5: Esk Valley Line
Middlesbrough James Cook Marton Gypsy Lane Nunthorpe Great Ayton Battersby Kildale Commondale Castleton Moor Danby Lealholm Glaisdale Egton Grosmont Sleights Ruswarp Whitby

Following the September 2020 timetable change, Danby is served by five trains per day (four on Sunday) towards Whitby, and four trains per day towards Nunthorpe and Middlesbrough.[4]

References

1. Cobb, M H (2003). Railway Atlas of Great Britain. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 439. ISBN 0711030030.
2. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 10. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
3. "The Moors National Park Centre". North York Moors. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
4. "Train times: Middlesbrough to Whitby (Esk Valley Railway)" (PDF). Northern Trains. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

External links

Media related to Danby railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Castleton Moor		Northern Trains Esk Valley Line		Lealholm