Lealholm railway station
Lealholm 
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| Location | |
| Place | Lealholm |
| Local authority | Scarborough |
| Coordinates | 54°27′38″N 0°49′32″W / 54.460550°N 0.825630°WCoordinates: 54°27′38″N 0°49′32″W / 54.460550°N 0.825630°W |
| Grid reference | NZ762078 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | LHM |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 20,010 |
| 2012/13 |
 11,422 |
| 2013/14 |
17,662 |
| 2014/15 |
15,888 |
| 2015/16 |
18,102 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 2 October 1865 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lealholm from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Lealholm railway station serves the village of Lealholm along with Lealholmside, Fryupdale and Houlsyke in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Esk Valley Line and is operated by Northern who provide all of the station's passenger services. Heading up the line in the direction of Middlesbrough, the nearest station is based at Danby, however the hamlet of Houlsyke (1.75 miles (2.8 km) east of Danby) used to have a siding serving the farming community. The points were operated by a ground frame locked by the tablet for the Danby - Glaisdale section. There has often been talk of constructing a halt further up the line to serve the North Yorkshire Moors Centre, situated between Houlsyke and Danby.
Lealholm was opened as part of the final stretch of line from Picton (where the line joined what is now a loop on the East Coast Main Line) to Grosmont (where it met the Whitby - Pickering railway) authorised under the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway Act of 10 July 1854.
The stretch from Castleton to Grosmont was opened on 2 October 1865, and Lealholm, sometimes referred to in early NER timetables as "Lealholme" or "Lealholm Bridge", is located on a stretch of line between Castleton and Glaisdale which has always been single track. Lealholm used to have a passing loop at the station where freight trains could pass passenger trains. The remains of the disused platform are clearly visible, now overgrown with grasses and weeds, although no evidence exists that that platform was ever used during the 20th century. There also used to be a signal box at the station, long since demolished.
Trains stop at the main station platform where the Station Master's house is based (now a private residence). Only a small internal shelter remains in the station building. Between Castleton and Grosmont, the later section of line to be built, the design of the station buildings uses a crow stepped gable at each end, favoured by the NER company in the mid-1860s. Despite a lack of staffing, the station is well cared for, with plants tended by the village WI.
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