, ▁M oss park ▁and ▁Cro ok ston ▁were ▁also ▁restored ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time . ▁Sub sequ ent ▁to ▁the ▁line ' s ▁re - launch , ▁new ▁stations ▁at ▁Haw k head ▁( one ▁platform ) ▁and ▁Dum bre ck ▁( two ▁platforms ) ▁have ▁been ▁opened . ▁Most ▁stations ▁have ▁only ▁a ▁single ▁working ▁platform . ▁ ▁Elect r ification ▁As ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁A yr shire ▁Coast ▁Line ▁elect r ification , ▁the ▁line ▁between ▁Sh ield s ▁J unction ▁and ▁C ork er hill ▁Dep ot , ▁which ▁was ▁around ▁one ▁third ▁of ▁the ▁overall ▁route , ▁was ▁elect r ified , ▁which ▁enabled ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁dep ot ▁by ▁electric ▁tra ction . ▁According ▁to ▁author ▁David ▁Sh ir res , ▁this ▁early ▁elect r ification ▁work ▁helped ▁to ▁strength en ▁the ▁business ▁case ▁for ▁the ▁subsequent ▁full ▁elect r ification ▁of ▁the ▁line , ▁as ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁need ▁for ▁additional ▁high - vol t age ▁switch ge ar ▁to ▁be ▁installed . ▁The ▁tight ▁tim et able ▁of ▁the ▁route ▁had ▁also ▁pos ed ▁significant ▁challeng es ▁to ▁the ▁dies el ▁trains ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁route , ▁although ▁these ▁constraints ▁were ▁partially ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁it ▁being ▁a ▁single ▁line , ▁it ▁was ▁recogn ised ▁that ▁electric ▁rolling ▁stock ▁would ▁have ▁less ▁of ▁a ▁problem ▁due ▁to ▁their ▁greater ▁acceleration . ▁ ▁Sur ve ys ▁of ▁the ▁route ▁determined ▁a ▁conventional ▁elect r ification ▁scheme ▁would ▁have ▁an ▁estimated