On this day in 1844, 181 years ago, four miners died in Scotland Street Tunnel when the heading they were working in was inundated by water.
Staintondale Station, on the old Scarborough-Whitby route, served a few isolated houses. It’s now a private residence but visitors can pass between its platforms on the coastal walk which follows the trackbed of this picturesque line.
July 2008Forgotten Relics records and celebrates the UK's disused railway structures, still standing as monuments to the period of ambition, courage and endeavour during which they were built.
Last updated 13 October 2025
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