Scarborough railway station
Scarborough 
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The entrance to the station
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| Location | |
| Place | Scarborough |
| Local authority | Scarborough |
| Coordinates | 54°16′47″N 0°24′20″W / 54.279800°N 0.405500°WCoordinates: 54°16′47″N 0°24′20″W / 54.279800°N 0.405500°W |
| Grid reference | TA039883 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SCA |
| Managed by | TransPennine Express |
| Number of platforms | 5 |
| DfT category | C1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.906 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.880 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.911 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.927 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.941 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1845 |
| Listed status | |
| Listed feature | Scarborough Railway Station |
| Listing grade | Grade II listed |
| Entry number | 1243452 |
| Added to list | 8 June 1973 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Scarborough from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Scarborough railway station, formerly Scarborough Central, is a Grade II listed station serving the seaside town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. It lies 42 miles (68 km) east of York and is one of the eastern termini on the North TransPennine route operated by TransPennine Express. The station is also at the northern end of the Yorkshire Coast Line, and has the longest station seat in the world at 95 yards (87 m) in length.
From 1907 until 2010, the station approaches were controlled from a 120-lever signal box named Falsgrave (at the outer end of platform 1 and close to the former excursion station at Londesborough Road). In its final years, Falsgrave box controlled a mixture of colour-light and semaphore signals, including a gantry carrying 11 semaphores. The signal box and gantry were dismantled and removed in October 2010. The new signalling is a relay-based interlocking with two- and three-aspect LED signals controlled from an extension to the existing panel at nearby Seamer. Simplification of the track layout and major renewals took place at the same time.
Scarborough station opened on Monday 7 July 1845, following the completion of the line from York. The first train, consisting of 35 coaches was hauled by two locomotives named 'Hudson' and 'Lion' arriving in Scarborough at 1:35 p.m., having stopped at Castle Howard, Malton and Ganton, taking just over three hours. All the shops closed, and an estimated ten to fifteen thousand spectators saw the arrival of the first train.
The original station building was designed by G.T. Andrews. It had a wrought iron and glazed roof, 348 feet long by 88 feet wide in two spans, and 30 feet from the rails. On the opening day, the station was complete, except for the overall roof and the goods shed in the station yard had not been built.
The main station building included: a large central booking office, superintendent room, 1st class, 2nd class and Ladies waiting rooms, toilets, porters room, storeroom and refreshment room. Above the refreshment room was originally the station masters house, but later became the station hotel with ten bedrooms.
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