SCARBOROUGH

A 2010 track plan has been used for this simulation.
Scarborough, formerly Scarborough Central, is a Grade 11 listed railway station serving the seaside town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. It lies 42 miles (68 km) east of York and is one of the eastern termini on the North TransPennine route; it is managed by TransPennine Express and is also served by Northern Trains. The station is also at the northern end of the Yorkshire Coast Line and is reputed to have the longest station seat in the world at 456 foot (139 m) 

From 1907 until 2010, the station approaches were controlled from a 120-lever signal box named Falsgrave; this is sited at the outer end of platform 1 and close to the former excursion station at Scarborough Londesborough Road. In its final years, Falsgrave box controlled a mixture of colour-lights and semaphore signals, including a gantry carrying 11 semaphores. The signal box was decommissioned in September 2010 and the gantry was dismantled and removed in October 2010. Its new home is at Grosmont railway station, on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. The new signalling is a relay-based interlocking with two-and three aspect LED signals controlled from an extension to the existing panel at nearby Seamer. Simplification of the track layout and major renewals took place at the same time.

HISTORY
Scarborough station opened on Monday 7 July 1845, following the completion of the line from York. The first train, consisting of 35 coaches, was hauled by two locomotives named Hudson and Lion and arrived in Scarborough at 1:35 p.m., having stopped at Castle Howard, Malton and Ganton, taking just over three hours. All the shops closed, and an estimated 10-15,000 spectators saw it arrive.

The original station building was designed by G.T.Andrews. It had a wrought-iron and glazed roof, 348 feet long by 88 feet wide, in two spans and 30 feet from the rails. On the opening day, the station was complete except for the overall roof, and the goods shed in the station yard had not been built.

The main station building included: a large central booking office, superintendent room, 1st class, 2nd class and ladies waiting rooms, toilets, porters room, storeroom and refreshment room. Originally the refreshment room was above the station masters house, but later it became the station hotel with ten bedrooms.

At first, there were two platforms connected at the north end, with four tracks in between them; each track having a pair of turntables, one at each end of the platforms. Gradually as traffic increased modifications were made to the station layout.

To accommodate excursion traffic, two new platforms were added in 1883, now known as platforms 1 and 2. Separate waiting rooms and more facilities were provided. The station clock, built by Potts of Leeds and costing ?110 (equivalent to ?13,994 in 2023), was added in about 1884.
During the 1890s and until 1903 goods traffic was moved from the station yard to Gallows Close so that more platforms could be provided. The original goods shed, which was next to the station building, became platforms 6 to 9. Trains for the Forge Valley line often used these four platforms.

Platform 1A was formed out of platform 1 for easier access to the Whitby line opened for the beginning of the summer timetable in 1934.
Until 1965, the station was also served by a line from Whitby and , until 1950, from Pickering. The station was previously named Scarborough Central to distinguish it from the now closed Scarborough Londesborough Road on the York to Scarborough line. In the late 1960s, most of the roof that covered platform 1 and 2 was demolished, leaving these platforms outdoors; these platforms remain in use today.

By the early 1980s, regular use of platforms 6-9 had declined and, following a simplification of the track layout in 1985, they were taken out of use and demolished. The land they had occupied is now used for a car and coach parking, though the overall roofs and brick walls remain.

The current Blackpool to York service used to continue to Scarborough alongside other TransPennine Express services. This was operated by Arriva Trains Northern until Northern Rail took over the franchise in 2004; this service was usually worked by West Yorkshire Metro liveried Class 158s and occasionally a class 155. There was also a local service from York to Scarborough, usually worked by a Class 144 or a Class 156.

PLATFORM & SIDINGS CAPACITIES (chains)

Seamer 
P1					12
P2					12
Up Siding 1				20
Up Siding 2				20

Scarborough
P1					30
P2					20
P3					20
P4					20
P5					20
Excursion siding 2			20
Excursion siding 1			20

ABBREVIATIONS USED


HS1					Head Shunt 1
HS2					Head Shunt 2

START UP PICTURE

Taken by David Palmer looking down on Scarborough Station.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to all the PC-Rail testers for all their help and advice and to Martin for his help with points.


