RAVENSCAR RAILWAY STATION AND TUNNEL
It was opened on 16 July 1885 and was originally known as Peak as it was the highest point on the line at 631 feet (192 m) above sea level.
The station was located 10 miles 30 chains (16.7 km) north of Scarborough Central and 11 miles 22 chains (18.1 km) south of Whitby West Cliff.
It was renamed Ravenscar on 1 October 1897,
after a company had been formed to market the area for investors in property. Up until that point, the area was known as Peak (or Old Peak),
but the Scarborough & Whitby Railway Company agreed to change the name of the station to one taken from the name of the local hall (Raven Hall)
and the Yorkshire suffix for a cliff, Scar.
The planned building boom never materialised and just before the First World War, the company went bankrupt and the scheme was abandoned.[6]
Ravenscar station was at the top of a steep climb from both north and south directions; the 1-in-39 climb south from Fyling Hall being 3 miles (4.8 km) long).
There was also a 279-yard (255 m) tunnel immediately north of the station that curved sharply away to the west.
The tunnel was problematic for drivers ascending from Fyling Hall as it was open to the sea and trains often stalled inside the tunnel.
Similarly, a climb from the south was over 2 miles (3.2 km) in length at a gradient of 1-in-41.
When the Scarborough & Whitby Railway Company failed to have a station house built, as requested by the NER, the latter had the station closed on 2 March 1895,
although some excursion trains still stopped there. Only after a station house was built, the station was reopened on 1 April 1896.
Originally there was only a single platform and a siding, but a second platform was added in 1908. Ravenscar was the smallest equipped passing loop on the line,
being able to pass trains consisting of 14 wagons, a brake van and the engine.
It was closed on 8 March 1965. Freight traffic had already ended on 4 May 1964. All buildings except the up platform have been removed since.
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