Cottingham railway station

Cottingham National Rail
Location
Place Cottingham
Local authority East Riding of Yorkshire
Coordinates 53°46′54″N 0°24′23″W / 53.781702°N 0.406376°W / 53.781702; -0.406376Coordinates: 53°46′54″N 0°24′23″W / 53.781702°N 0.406376°W / 53.781702; -0.406376
Grid reference TA051328
Operations
Station code CGM
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Decrease 0.193 million
2011/12 Increase 0.201 million
2012/13 Increase 0.215 million
2013/14 Increase 0.216 million
2014/15 Decrease 0.207 million
History
Key dates Opened 6 October 1846 (6 October 1846)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cottingham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Cottingham railway station serves the village of Cottingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Yorkshire Coast Line and is operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services.

The station serves the northern suburbs of Hull and generates much commuter traffic.

History

The station was opened, along with the rest of the line from the original Hull and Selby Railway station at Manor House Street, Hull, on 6 October 1846.[1]

The station building was designed by G.T. Andrews,[2] consisting of two platforms, a stationmaster's house, and waiting rooms. In addition to the passenger facilities there was a goods shed, and coal depot to the west of the line, reached by points to the north of the station.[3] Goods transit into Cottingham included coal and building materials, whilst goods outwards from Cottingham included large amounts of agricultural produce as well as livestock. Goods traffic ended in 1970.[4]

Halfway between Cottingham and Hull, a junction was created when a direct line was opened to the new York and North Midland Railway terminus at Hull in 1848.[5] The original line south of Cottingham (later known as the Newington branch) was subsequently utilised as a direct route towards Brough and points west, bypassing the busy station at Paragon for through trains to and from the coast, and was particularly busy in the summer months but was closed to all traffic in May 1965[6] to allow the removal of several inconvenient level crossings along its route, leaving the 1848 line to handle all remaining services.

In 1988, the stationmaster's house, the station itself and the former goods shed were listed as a Grade II listed buildings.[7][8][9] The footbridge on the station platform is of a standard NER cast iron pre-assembled design.

Services

All trains on the Hull to Bridlington and Scarborough Line call here, giving the station a basic half-hourly service in each direction with several additional peak hour trains to and from Beverley.[10] There is an hourly service each way on Sundays throughout the year since the December 2009 timetable change (see GB National Rail Timetable 43), with six trains in each direction through to/from Scarborough.

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