Editing Whitby (section)

===Rail===

[[File:Whitby railway station.jpg|thumb|Whitby railway station]]

[[Whitby railway station]] is a terminus of the [[Esk Valley Line]] from [[Middlesbrough]], operated by [[Northern (train operating company)|Northern]].{{cn|date=November 2024}}

It was formerly the northern terminus of the Whitby, Pickering and York Line. In 2007, the [[North Yorkshire Moors Railway]] began a summer service on that line between [[Pickering, North Yorkshire|Pickering]] and Whitby operated by steam locomotives, as an extension of their long-standing Pickering-[[Grosmont, North Yorkshire|Grosmont]] service.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

The [[Scarborough and Whitby Railway]] followed a coastal route and was built in 1885. It required construction of the red brick [[Larpool Viaduct]] across the Esk Valley into Whitby.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hawsker |url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/h/hawsker/index.shtml |access-date=19 July 2011 |publisher=Disused Stations |archive-date=3 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903103622/http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/h/hawsker/index.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> The line closed as a result of the [[Beeching cuts]] in 1965; the trackbed is now used as a footpath, bridleway and by cyclists.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Cycle Route |url=http://www.moortoseacycle.net/htmlmap.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723212153/http://www.moortoseacycle.net/htmlmap.php |archive-date=23 July 2011 |access-date=19 July 2011 |publisher=Moor to Sea Cycle}}</ref>

The [[Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway]] had a station at [[Whitby West Cliff railway station|Whitby West Cliff]] and ran close to the cliffs to the north of the town. It opened in 1883 and closed in 1958.<ref>{{cite web |title=Whitby West Cliff |url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/w/whitby_west_cliff/index.shtml |access-date=19 July 2011 |publisher=Disused Stations |archive-date=3 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903093118/http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/w/whitby_west_cliff/index.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>