The Zetland revisited...

I was intrigued to learn about The Zetland Hotel in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, on the North Sea coast...

Key Historical Details

Purpose: Built by the Stockton & Darlington Railway and opened in July 1863, it was one of the world's first purpose-built railway hotels designed to attract wealthy visitors. 
Direct Access: First-class passengers and distinguished guests could disembark from trains right at the hotel's back door under a protective glass canopy and train shed, shielding them from the weather. 

Current Status: The hotel closed in the late 1980s and was converted into private apartments, but the historic platform edge, buffer stops, and train shed structure still remain!

For some grim reason, I was reminded of the Necropolis Railway, which ferried the deceased to Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey, because there was no more room in London graveyards!

This is yet another British symbol of a past era, and probably, the station platform provided one heck of a selling point, when the great and good decided to pop out for a weekend family jaunt, or maybe with a chum for a few discussions concerning Uganda if the time permitted...

(Cllr. Edwina Baggage was consulted on the issue, but was unavailable for comment. No doubt there wasn't room in the goods wagon for bicycles).