Warrenby Halt railway station

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]

Warrenby Halt
Location	Warrenby, Redcar and Cleveland England
Coordinates	54.61556°N 1.11347°W
Grid reference	NZ573248
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London 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

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

1. 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. (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.
3. www.communigate.com
4. www.staff.ncl.ac.uk
5. www.gazettelive.com

External links

• Webpage including photographs of Warrenby Halt

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