[1] The station closed with the opening of the NER's Deviation line (which bypassed the by then anachronistic cable worked incline) on 1 July 1865.

The original rope for the incline manufactured by Mr. Henry Simpson was 1,500 yards long and 5.5 inches in circumference.

[7] The W&P built a stable 'at the top of Goathland Inclined Plane', the directors accepting a tender from a Mr. Langdale of £230.

The York & North Midland Railway (Y&NM) replaced the water gravity system with a stationary steam engine in 1846.

[9] A track traces the original rail alignment, the former W&P cottage remains at the top of the incline.