Route of the Esk Valley Railway

Battersby

Trains stop at Battersby station for up to ten minutes because each train needs be reversed and the driver has to exchange tokens. This arrangement prevents any possibility of two trains occupying the single track simultaneously.

During the late 19th century, Battersby station was a busy and important railway junction as vast loads of ironstone, extracted from the Moors (especially at Rosedale and the Esk Valley near Glaisdale and Grosmont) were transported through here to feed the hungry blast furnaces of Teesside. There was also a railway line extending by means of a steep incline onto the moor at Bank Top. The station features at Battersby which survive from that time include a water tower, a platform watercrane and a turntable base. The old buildings are now private dwellings.

From here until after Great Ayton, the boundary of the North York Moors National Park follows the railway line.

Ingleby Greenhow rocked by gruesome murder
Read a melodramatic account of a murder committed in 1924, involving two local railway workers.

Walks

Bank Foot Farm - Ingleby Incline - Greenhow Moor - Turkey Nab
(7+ miles )
This walk traces the railway line by which iron ore was transported from Rosedale to Battersby.

North York Moor CAM offers an informative photographic record of the walk which can be altered to begin and end at Battersby station, or extended - along the Cleveland Way - so as to finish at Kildale station.

Battersby to Castleton
(9 miles )
This linear walk along moorland paths, tracks and minor roads is decribed on the Dales Trails website. This walking club often includes linear walks using the Esk Valley Railway in its summer programme.

 

Sample fares from Battersby   With EVR Railcard discount
Day Return to Whitby £8.20
£5.40
Day Return to Middlesbrough £4.10
£2.70
Duo Return Ticket to Middlesbrough (two adults travelling together) £6.10  

Journey times from Battersby  
To Whitby 60 minutes
To Middlesbrough 25 minutes

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Train times from Battersby (13.12.09 to 22.05.10)


 
Monday to Saturday
Sunday services recommence on 23 May 2010
M'brough dep 0706 1038 1416 1740  
Battersby dep 0739 1105 1443 1807
Whitby arr 0841 1205 1543 1907
         
Whitby dep 0852 1241 1605 1915
Battersby dep 0953 1342 1709 2016
M'brough arr 1018 1407 1735 2041

Train times from Battersby (17.05.09 to 12.12.09)


 
Monday to Friday
*
Saturday
Sundays 17.05.09 to 13.09.09
M'brough dep 0708 1038 1416 1740 2044 0706 1038 1412 1738 0847 0945 1106 1417 1529
Battersby dep 0739 1105 1443 1817 2107 0733 1105 1439 1805 0914 1012 1134 1444 1556
Whitby arr 0841 1205 1543 1907 2211 0835 1202 1539 1905 1014 1118 1233 1544 1658
                     
Whitby dep 0852 1241 1605 1915 2225 0845 1241 1550 1915 1024 1243 1557 1709 1800
Battersby dep 0953 1342 1709 2016 2326 0946 1342 1651 2016 1137 1344 1700 1810 1901
M'brough arr 1018 1407 1735 2041 2351 1011 1407 1716 2041 1202 1409 1725 1835 1928
* Only runs Fridays 24 July to 11 September, also Monday 24 August and Friday 30 October

 

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