Hutton Gate railway station

Disused railway station in North Yorkshire, England

54°31′29″N 1°04′35″W / 54.5248°N 1.0765°W / 54.5248; -1.0765Grid referenceNZ598147Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyMiddlesbrough and Guisborough RailwayPre-groupingNorth Eastern RailwayPost-groupingLondon and North Eastern RailwayKey dates25 February 1854 (1854-02-25)Station openedMay 1864ClosedJuly 1881Reopened1 October 1903Closed1 January 1904Reopened2 March 1964 (1964-03-02)Closed

Hutton Gate was a railway station on the Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway. It was opened on 25 February 1854 and closed along with the entire Nunthorpe-Guisborough branch on 2 March 1964. The station stands on Hutton Lane, just east of its junction with The Avenue.

Originally, the station was exclusively for the use of the Pease family at the nearby Hutton Hall;^[1] the family owned the major iron ore mines in the region at the time and the railway line was designed to service these mines.^[2] Although a private station, excursion traffic was allowed to detrain at Hutton Gate, such as Liberal Association specials from Thornaby in the 1890s. These were run for a speaking event held in a marquee on the lawn outside Hutton Hall.^[3]^[4]

The station was closed between May 1864 and July 1881, and then again from October 1903 to January 1904.^[5] It was purchased from the Pease family by the North Eastern Railway (NER) in 1904, and opened for public use. It served Hutton Village and, later, the Guisborough suburb of Hutton Lowcross. The station had its staffing withdrawn in 1961, and was listed for closure in March 1963.^[6]^[7] Full closure to all traffic came in March 1964.^[8]

Following the branch's closure, the track was removed but the station remains intact and is now a private house.^[9] The modern road Pease Court begins where the station's level crossing once gave access to Hutton Hall.

Accident

On 15 February 1900, a train ran into a snow drift to the east of the station, and whilst its crew were trying to release it, another train travelling in the same direction crashed into the rear of it. The guard of the first train, who was trying to release the carriages from the engine, was fatally injured, and some passengers on board both trains were injured. The inquiry found that the bad weather and lack of visibility was largely to blame, however, the train crew were also criticised for not having protected their train properly when it became stuck.^[10]^[11]

References

^ Suggitt, Gordon (2005). Lost railways of North and East Yorkshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-85306-918-5.
^ Hoole, K. (1973). North-East England. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. p. 64. ISBN 0715358944.
^ "The Liberal excursion to Hutton Hall". Middlesbrough Gazette. 6 July 1898. p. 3.
^ "Local Notes Liberal Excursion". The Northern Echo. No. 9129. 9 June 1899. p. 2.
^ Burgess, Neil (2011). The lost railways of Yorkshire's North Riding. Catrine: Stenlake. p. 34. ISBN 9781840335552.
^ "Complete List Of The Passenger Stations And Halts To Be Closed". The Times. No. 55661. 28 March 1963. p. 9. ISSN 0140-0460.
^ Chapman, Stephen (2007). Cleveland & Whitby. Todmorden: Bellcode Books. p. 71. ISBN 9781871233-18-6.
^ Hoole, K. (1985). Railway stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 172. ISBN 0-7153-8527-5.
^ Bairstow, Martin (2008). Railways around Whitby : Scarborough - Whitby - Saltburn, Malton - Goathland - Whitby, Esk Valley, Forge Valley and Gilling lines. Leeds: Martin Bairstow. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-871944-34-1.
^ "The railway collision near Hutton Gate station". The Times. No. 36098. 24 March 1900. p. 3. ISSN 0140-0460.
^ "North Eastern Railway" (PDF). railwaysarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2022.