Wallingfen railway station

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Wallingfen
M62 towards Hull (geograph 5664126).jpg
Looking east along the M62 across the site of the former station (2018)
General information
Location Newport, East Riding of Yorkshire
England
Coordinates 53°46′00″N0°42′37″W / 53.766700°N 0.710300°W / 53.766700; -0.710300
Grid reference SE848308
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Hull, Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Hull and Barnsley Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
27 July 1885Opened
1 August 1955Closed to passengers
1959Closed for freight

Wallingfen railway station was a station on the Hull and Barnsley Railway, and served the village of Newport in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

The station opened on 27 July 1885 as Newport for goods traffic, and a week later it opened to passengers. [1] [2] It was renamed Newport (Yorks) in September 1921 and on 1 July 1923 to Wallingfen to avoid confusion with others stations titled Newport. [3] [4] It closed to passengers on 1 August 1955 [5] and closed completely on 6 April 1959. [6] [7] The station has been demolished, and a section of the M62 motorway was built over the railway alignment in the 1970s. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Butt 1995, p. 240.
  2. ↑ Body, Geoffrey (1989). Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2: Northern Operating Area. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens. p. 89. ISBN   1-85260-072-1.
  3. ↑ Burgess, Neil (2011). The Lost Railway's of Yorkshire's East Riding. Catrine: Stenlake. p. 12. ISBN   9781840335521.
  4. ↑ "Newport, East Riding". Howdenshire History. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  5. ↑ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 439. OCLC   931112387.
  6. 1 2 Dyson, Mark. "Wallingfen". Disused Stations. Disused Stations. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "A brief history of the H&BR". Hull and Barnsley railway. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
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