Beverley railway station

Beverley National Rail

Beverley railway station, signal box and Chantry lane crossing (2005)
Location
Place Beverley
Local authority East Riding of Yorkshire
Coordinates 53°50′31″N 0°25′16″W / 53.842000°N 0.421000°W / 53.842000; -0.421000Coordinates: 53°50′31″N 0°25′16″W / 53.842000°N 0.421000°W / 53.842000; -0.421000
Grid reference TA038396
Operations
Station code BEV
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Increase 0.590 million
– Interchange  Increase 15
2011/12 Increase 0.611 million
– Interchange  Decrease 10
2012/13 Decrease 0.595 million
– Interchange  Steady 10
2013/14 Increase 0.604 million
– Interchange  Increase 12
2014/15 Increase 0.608 million
– Interchange  Decrease 10
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Beverley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Beverley railway station serves the town of Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Hull to Scarborough Line and is operated by Northern who provide most passenger services from the station.

History and description

The original canopy seen in 1900.
Beverley station interior (2001)

Beverley station was opened in October 1846 by the York and North Midland Railway leased Bridlington branch of the Hull and Selby Railway. The original station was designed by G.T. Andrews.[1]

Beverley gained junction status nineteen years later in 1865 when the North Eastern Railway completed the Market Weighton to Beverley section of the York to Beverley Line.

The station was also planned to be the junction for the North Holderness Light Railway. This intended railway was given an Act in Parliament for 'transferring to the company the North Holderness Light Railway Company; and for other purposes, North Eastern Railway Bill [Lords].' The act was passed on 8 June 1899, but the NER never built the line.[2]

The York to Beverley Line closed as a result of the Beeching Axe on 29 November 1965.[3] The station received listed building status in 1985.[1]

Services

The station has a two trains per hour service to Hull and Bridlington, with nine trains a day extended to Scarborough on weekdays. At peak times, a number of extra trains from Hull terminate/start here. Some services to Hull continue to Doncaster and Sheffield (hourly all day) or Selby & York (one per day). Trains run hourly in each direction on Sundays, with most southbound trains running to Sheffield & two-hourly extensions northbound to Scarborough all year since the December 2009 timetable change (this service level previously only ran in summer).

On 4 February 2015 Hull Trains commenced operating one service per weekday between Beverley and London King's Cross with Class 180s.[4][5]

Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Northern
Yorkshire Coast Line
TerminusFirst Hull Trains
East Coast Main Line
Disused railways
Y&NMRTerminus
TerminusNorth Holderness Light Railway
Proposed line, never built

References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "The Railway Station (1164550)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Message from the Lords". Hansard. Hansard. 8 June 1899. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Body 1988, pp. 36–37
  4. ↑ Table 43 National Rail timetable, May 2016
  5. ↑ "MP delighted at new direct train service from Beverley to London". First Hull Trains. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

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