Hornsea Town railway station

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Hornsea Town
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General information
Location Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire
England
Coordinates 53°54′40″N0°09′48″W / 53.9112°N 0.1633°W / 53.9112; -0.1633 Coordinates: 53°54′40″N0°09′48″W / 53.9112°N 0.1633°W / 53.9112; -0.1633
Grid reference TA207476
Platforms3
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Hull and Hornsea Railway
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway (UK)
Key dates
28 March 1864opened as Hornsea
25 September 1950renamed as Hornsea Town
19 October 1964closed
Invalid designation
FeatureRailway station
Designated19 December 1979 (amended 26 November 1985)
Reference no.1249389

Hornsea Town railway station was a railway station which served the town of Hornsea in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was the terminus of the Hull and Hornsea Railway.

It opened with the rest of the line on 28 March 1864, it was originally named just "Hornsea". [1] [2]

The station originally had one platform adjacent to the station building with a canopy over the platform. There was a turntable, a signal box and two goods sidings. [3] By 1910 there was an additional double sided platform and long sidings. [4]

The station was renamed – with the "Town" suffix – on 25 September 1950, [5] and closed on 19 October 1964. [1]

Two camping coaches were positioned here by the North Eastern Region from 1959 to 1964. [6]

Hornsea Town railway station is now a Grade II listed building. [7]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Hornsea Bridge   North Eastern Railway
Hull and Hornsea Railway 		 Terminus

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References

  1. 1 2 Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 245.
  2. ↑ Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. pp. 271–272. ISBN   978-1-78803-768-6.
  3. ↑ "Hornsea station on OS 25 inch map Yorkshire CXCVII.3 (& CXCVII.4) (Hornsea)". National Library of Scotland. 1891. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Hornsea station on OS 25 inch map Yorkshire CXCVII.3 (& CXCVII.4) (Hornsea)". National Library of Scotland. 1910. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  5. ↑ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 123. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
  6. ↑ McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. p. 40. ISBN   1-870119-53-3.
  7. ↑ Historic England. "RAILWAY STATION (1249389)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 10 January 2017.


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