Whitby and Pickering Railway

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The Whitby and Pickering Railway was an early 19th-century horse-worked railway in North Yorkshire, England, built to link the coastal town of Whitby with inland markets and later forming part of the heritage North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early railway ⓘ
horse-worked railway ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
becamePartOf York and North Midland Railway ⓘ
category defunct railway company of the United Kingdom ⓘ
rail transport in North Yorkshire ⓘ
connectedTown Pickering ⓘ
Whitby ⓘ
constructionMethod inclined planes on some sections ⓘ
constructionStart 1833 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
geographicContext runs through the North York Moors National Park area ⓘ
heritageOperationStart 20th century ⓘ
heritageSuccessor North Yorkshire Moors Railway ⓘ
heritageUse tourist railway ⓘ
historicalEra early 19th century ⓘ
infrastructureType single-track railway ⓘ
laterConversion steam railway ⓘ
laterOperator North Eastern Railway ⓘ
laterPropulsion steam locomotives ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
North Yorkshire ⓘ
notableEngineer George Stephenson ⓘ
opened 1836 ⓘ
originalTraction horses ⓘ
primaryPurpose link Whitby with inland markets ⓘ
propulsion horse haulage ⓘ
regionServed Cleveland ⓘ
Ryedale ⓘ
routeFeature North York Moors ⓘ
servedIndustry Whitby port ⓘ
linked to: Whitby Harbour

agricultural markets inland ⓘ
status closed as an independent railway ⓘ
partly preserved as heritage railway ⓘ
successorLine Whitby–Pickering section of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway ⓘ
terminus Pickering ⓘ
Whitby ⓘ
trafficType freight ⓘ
passenger ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Yorkshire Moors Railway → originallyOpenedAs → Whitby and Pickering Railway ⓘ
North Yorkshire Moors Railway → originalBuilder → Whitby and Pickering Railway company ⓘ
linked to: Whitby and Pickering Railway
River Esk → associatedWith → Whitby and Pickering Railway (historic) ⓘ
linked to: Whitby and Pickering Railway
Whitby railway station (original) → locatedOn → Whitby and Pickering Railway ⓘ
Pickering railway station → originalCompany → Whitby and Pickering Railway ⓘ
Grosmont railway station → originalOperator → Whitby and Pickering Railway ⓘ
Grosmont railway station → connectsTo → Whitby and Pickering Railway route ⓘ
linked to: Whitby and Pickering Railway
Levisham railway station → openedBy → Whitby and Pickering Railway ⓘ
Goathland railway station → originalLine → Whitby and Pickering Railway ⓘ
Goathland railway station → originalCompany → Whitby and Pickering Railway ⓘ
Lealholm railway station → lineOriginallyPartOf → Whitby and Pickering Railway network ⓘ
linked to: Whitby and Pickering Railway
Whitby–Pickering line → originalOperator → Whitby and Pickering Railway ⓘ