Whitby train station
You can reach 27 stations directly from Whitby on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Grosmont, with 20 trains a day.
- 27 direct destinations
- 1,540th busiest in Britain
- Unstaffed
- Step-free throughout
- 48 parking spaces
- 7 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Whitby
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grosmont | 20 | 20 | 14 |
| Ruswarp | 12 | 12 | 9 |
| Battersby | 12 | 12 | 8 |
| Commondale | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| Castleton Moor | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| Danby | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| Egton | 12 | 12 | 8 |
| Glaisdale | 12 | 12 | 8 |
| Great Ayton | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| Gypsy Lane | 12 | 12 | 8 |
| James Cook | 12 | 12 | 8 |
| Kildale | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| Lealholm | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| Middlesbrough | 12 | 12 | 8 |
| Marton | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| Nunthorpe | 12 | 12 | 8 |
| Sleights | 12 | 12 | 8 |
| Thornaby | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Billingham | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Heworth | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Hartlepool | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Horden | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Newcastle | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Seaham | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Seaton Carew | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Stockton | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Sunderland | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Allens West | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Darlington | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dinsdale | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Eaglescliffe | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Lines serving Whitby
Whitby is on the Esk Valley Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Whitby station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Whitby station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Whitby station is
153,478 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,540th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Whitby and Middlesbrough than any other pair: 25,384 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Whitby, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Whitby West Cliff · 0.6 miles
- Hawsker · 2.2 miles
- Sandsend · 2.8 miles
- Robin Hood's Bay · 4.6 miles
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Facilities at Whitby station
Whitby is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday: 08:30 to 16:00 · Sunday: closed
Parking at Whitby station
- Station Car Park - Charges apply between 00.00 - 23.59 every day 48 spaces
£13.20 a day, £52.80 a week
Cycle parking: 12 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 27 August 2026.
Getting to Whitby station
Whitby station is in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, and is run by Northern Trains.
7 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Co-op.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Whitby station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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