Whitby–Pickering line

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The Whitby–Pickering line was a historic railway route in North Yorkshire, England, linking the coastal town of Whitby with Pickering and later forming part of the North Eastern Railway network.

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Whitby–Pickering line canonical 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic railway ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
closedAsPartOf Beeching cuts ⓘ
closedToPassengers 1965 ⓘ
connectedTo Esk Valley Line ⓘ
York–Scarborough line ⓘ
conversionCompleted 1840s ⓘ
convertedTo steam railway ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
heritageStatus partly preserved as heritage railway ⓘ
heritageSuccessor North Yorkshire Moors Railway ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century railway development in Britain ⓘ
historicalSignificance early example of horse-drawn public railway in England ⓘ
laterOperator North Eastern Railway ⓘ
York and North Midland Railway ⓘ
linkedTown Pickering ⓘ
Whitby ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
North Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
North Yorkshire ⓘ
notableFeature curving alignment through valleys ⓘ
scenic moorland route ⓘ
steep gradients ⓘ
opened 1836 ⓘ
openedAs horse-worked railway ⓘ
originalOperator Whitby and Pickering Railway ⓘ
partOf North Eastern Railway network ⓘ
passesThrough Goathland ⓘ
Grosmont ⓘ
Levisham ⓘ
Newton Dale ⓘ
North York Moors ⓘ
primaryPurpose passenger transport ⓘ
railwayType rural branch line ⓘ
regionServed North York Moors National Park ⓘ
linked to: North York Moors
secondaryPurpose freight transport ⓘ
sectionsReusedBy North Yorkshire Moors Railway ⓘ
status closed ⓘ
successorUse tourist railway operations ⓘ
terminus Pickering ⓘ
Whitby ⓘ
trackGauge 4 ft 8½ in ⓘ

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

North Eastern Railway network → includedLine → Whitby–Pickering line ⓘ