Services
The line is operated by Northern Rail using Class 142 and Class 156 DMUs. Previously Class 144 DMUs were used frequently. It is one of the most rural railway lines in the United Kingdom and its sole main line link is via Middlesbrough. It also has a connection with the preserved North Yorkshire Moors Railway at Grosmont.
The route serves the following towns and villages.
- Middlesbrough
- Marton
- Nunthorpe
- Great Ayton
- Battersby
- Kildale
- Commondale
- Castleton
- Danby
- Lealholm
- Glaisdale
- Egton
- Grosmont
- Sleights
- Ruswarp
- Whitby
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