Whitby railway station
Whitby 
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| Location | |
| Place | Whitby |
| Local authority | Scarborough |
| Coordinates | 54°29′06″N 0°36′54″W / 54.485°N 0.615°WCoordinates: 54°29′06″N 0°36′54″W / 54.485°N 0.615°W |
| Grid reference | NZ898108 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WTB |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.140 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.108 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.134 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.130 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.137 million |
| Listed status | |
| Listed feature | Town Railway Station |
| Listing grade | Grade II listed |
| Entry number | 1261393 |
| Added to list | 4 December 1972 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Whitby from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Whitby railway station is a Grade II listed station which serves the town of Whitby in North Yorkshire, England. It is the terminus of the Esk Valley Line, connecting with the North Yorkshire Moors Railway at Grosmont, and provides mainline running for NYMR trains during the summer months. The station is situated 35 miles (56 km) south east of Middlesbrough railway station and is operated by Northern, which provides all of the station's National Rail passenger services.
Four trains per day leave Whitby on weekdays and Saturdays; there are also four trains on Sundays. Trains call at all stations to Middlesbrough. As the first train of the day from Whitby arrives in Middlesbrough at 10:15 am the service is not attractive to commuters. New Northern Rail franchise operator Arriva Rail North plans to address this once it takes over the running of the franchise from April 2016; they also intend to investigate the possibility of running a later weekday evening service from Middlesbrough to Whitby.
On 3 April 2007 services along the heritage North Yorkshire Moors Railway commenced running from Whitby to Pickering, running along the Esk Valley line to Grosmont railway station where they join the NYMR's own line. In 2017, the NYMR's service consists of four arrivals and departures each day, rising to five arrivals and departures during peak holiday periods. There are trains to Whitby during the whole of the NYMR's season (mid-March to the start of November).
From 11 October 2007 the NYMR took over National Rail ticket sales at Whitby (as well as selling their own tickets).
Whitby's original 'station' stood near to the end of the remaining platform, in the form of the offices, workshop and carriage shed of the Whitby and Pickering Railway, a single track horse worked line opened throughout in 1836. Its engineer was George Stephenson.
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