Whitby and Pickering Railway

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early railway horse-worked railway railway line

The Whitby and Pickering Railway was an early 19th-century horse-worked railway in North Yorkshire, England, built to link the coastal town of Whitby with inland markets and later forming part of the heritage North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Whitby and Pickering Railway (historic)	1
Whitby and Pickering Railway company	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	early railway ⓘ horse-worked railway ⓘ railway line ⓘ
becamePartOf	York and North Midland Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	defunct railway company of the United Kingdom ⓘ rail transport in North Yorkshire ⓘ
connectedTown	Pickering NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitby NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionMethod	inclined planes on some sections ⓘ
constructionStart	1833 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
geographicContext	runs through the North York Moors National Park area ⓘ
heritageOperationStart	20th century ⓘ
heritageSuccessor	North Yorkshire Moors Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageUse	tourist railway ⓘ
historicalEra	early 19th century ⓘ
infrastructureType	single-track railway ⓘ
laterConversion	steam railway ⓘ
laterOperator	North Eastern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterPropulsion	steam locomotives ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ North Yorkshire ⓘ
notableEngineer	George Stephenson NERFINISHED ⓘ
opened	1836 ⓘ
originalTraction	horses ⓘ
primaryPurpose	link Whitby with inland markets ⓘ
propulsion	horse haulage ⓘ
regionServed	Cleveland NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryedale NERFINISHED ⓘ
routeFeature	North York Moors NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedIndustry	Whitby port NERFINISHED ⓘ agricultural markets inland ⓘ
status	closed as an independent railway ⓘ partly preserved as heritage railway ⓘ
successorLine	Whitby–Pickering section of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
terminus	Pickering NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitby NERFINISHED ⓘ
trafficType	freight ⓘ passenger ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Yorkshire Moors Railway → originallyOpenedAs → Whitby and Pickering Railway ⓘ

North Yorkshire Moors Railway → originalBuilder → Whitby and Pickering Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whitby and Pickering Railway company

River Esk → associatedWith → Whitby and Pickering Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whitby and Pickering Railway (historic)