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Notes: Short branch line to serve the Butlins holiday camp from
a double facing junction between Hunmanby and Filey. The station
had four extremely long terminus island platforms. There were
never any buildings on the platforms except a small ticket collectors
box near the buffer stops but there was a small single storey
concrete building on the very large |
concourse (both buildings
demolished, foundations clearly visible). Holiday makers were
taken from the station into the holiday camp by road 'train' running
under the road through a private subway.
When the station opened most holiday makers traveled to the camp
by train but as the years went by more and more people came by
car until it was uneconomic to keep the station open. The last
train ran on Saturday 17th July 1977.
All platforms, concourse, exit steps, fencing and concrete lampposts
are still in situ - the lampposts even still have the public address
speakers attached. Site now used to store dumped agricultural
machinery and old circus lorries.
It is interesting to note that while the station remains largely
intact for many years the holiday camp had been razed to the ground. By May 2018 only the east end of the platforms remained in a very dilapated stated but the site has now been completely cleared. The remaining sections of platform were demolished in 2022.
Tickets from Michael Stewart
Click here for a short video about the station.
Click here to see a short video of the remains on the station in May 2018. Drone video by Peter Yeo.
A second drone video in 2022 showed everything had gone.
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