Forge Valley Line

Forge Valley Line
Overview
OwnerNorth Eastern Railway
London and North Eastern Railway
British Railways
Termini
Stations6
History
Opened1 May 1882 (1882-05-01)
Opened1882
Closed to passengers1950
Closed to all traffic1963
Closed25 January 1953 (1953-01-25)
Technical
Line length16 mi (26 km)
Number of tracks1
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Forge Valley Line
Falsgrave Tunnel
Scarborough Central
Scarborough Londesborough Road
Falsgrave Junction
Washbeck Viaduct
Seamer
Seamer Junction
Irton Waterworks
Forge Valley
Wykeham
Sawdon
Snainton
Crossover
Ebberston
Thornton Dale
Mill Lane Junction
Pickering

The Forge Valley Line was a 16-mile-long branch of the North Eastern Railway between Seamer and Pickering in North Yorkshire, England. The line was intended to link Scarborough with Pickering. It opened in 1882 and closed in 1950, with the exception of a stretch from Pickering to Thornton Dale which remained open for quarry traffic until 1963.

The line did not pass through Forge Valley, but the station in the village of West Ayton was named after it to avoid confusion with another station—Great Ayton—already owned by the North Eastern Railway.