Grangetown railway station (England)

Grangetown railway station served the township of Grangetown in the Borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North East England between 1885 and 1991 as a stop on the Tees Valley line.

Grangetown
The site of the closed Grangetown station in 1997
General information
Location	Grangetown, Redcar and Cleveland England
Coordinates	54.5885°N 1.1521°W / 54.5885; -1.1521
Grid reference	NZ548218
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER British Railways (North Eastern) British Rail (Eastern)
Key dates
22 November 1885 (1885-11-22)	Opened as Eston Grange
1 January 1902	Renamed Grangetown
25 November 1991 (1991-11-25)	Closed
Location

History

The station opened as Eston Grange on 22 November 1885 by the North Eastern Railway. It was situated about 1 km from the current Grangetown.^[1] The station's name was changed to Grangetown on 1 January 1902.^[2] Grangetown was one of the stations to have been adversely affected due to the closure of factories, having only a few passengers left.^[3] The station was closed to passengers on 25 November 1991.^[4] Its old island platform remains intact (as of April 2024), as it used for operational purposes by Network Rail as the location of a signal relay room.