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Spa Lift. During 1873, the Scarborough South Cliff Tramway Company Limited was created to construct the first funicular railway in the United Kingdom. [1] It had long been recognised that the height difference between the town and its beaches was a geographical hindrance to the burgeoning tourism industry, and the construction of a funicular was viewed as a means of better facilitating, and ...
The first cliff railway to be built in Great Britain was the South Cliff Tramway (now called the Spa Cliff Lift), Scarborough in 1875, and the first of five Scarborough funiculars to be built between 1875 and 1930. The Scarborough South Cliff Tramway Company Limited was created in 1873 to link the hotels of the South Cliff Esplanade with the ...
Scarborough North Bay Railway (SNBR) is a ridable miniature railway (also known as a minimum-gauge railway) in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1931, [ 2 ] to the gauge of 20 in ( 508 mm ), and runs for approximately 7 ⁄ 8 mile (1.4 km) between Peasholm Park and Scalby Mills in the North Bay area of the town.
Padstow, Padstow Cliff Railway [citation needed] St Michael's Mount, St. Michael's Mount Tramway (private underground goods funicular) Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Saltburn Cliff Tramway (opened 1884) – water balanced; Scarborough (See also article Scarborough funiculars): Central Tramway Company, Scarborough (opened 1881) North Cliff Lift (1930–1996)
The 16 miles 66 chains (27.1 km) extension of the line from Loftus to Whitby Town railway station, was authorised by an act of Parliament, the Whitby, Redcar, and Middlesborough Union Railway Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. c. cxcv) in 1866, with the majority of construction carried out under John Dickson between 1871 and 1886. [4]
The Scarborough and Whitby Railway was a railway line from Scarborough to Whitby in North Yorkshire, England. The line followed a difficult but scenic route along the North Yorkshire coast. The line opened in 1885 and closed in 1965 as part of the Beeching Axe. The route, now a multi-use path, is known as "The Cinder Track". [1]
The Spa Theatre, a 557-seat Victorian theatre, is home to summer season shows and Christmas pantomimes. The Spa Ocean Room is used for dances, conferences and other events, including the Scarborough Jazz Festival and Coastival. The Victorian Cliff Tramway is a funicular railway that links the Spa complex with South Cliff, 200 ft above the South ...
Disused railway stations in Scarborough, North Yorkshire (2 P) ... Whitby West Cliff railway station; Wykeham railway station This page was ...