Beverley railway station
Beverley  | |
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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°WCoordinates: 53°50′31″N 0°25′16″W / 53.842000°N 0.421000°W |
| Grid reference | TA038396 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BEV |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.611 million |
| – Interchange |
 10 |
| 2012/13 |
0.595 million |
| – Interchange |
 10 |
| 2013/14 |
0.604 million |
| – Interchange |
12 |
| 2014/15 |
0.608 million |
| – Interchange |
10 |
| 2015/16 |
0.638 million |
| – Interchange |
7 |
| 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. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
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
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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]
The station has a staffed ticket office, which is open Mondays to Fridays from 07:00 until 17:00 and until 13:30 on Saturdays (closed Sundays). A ticket machine is also provided. There is a waiting room and cafe in the main building next to the ticket hall and a shelter on the opposite platform. Step-free access is available to both platforms, though the southbound one is reached via a manned barrier level crossing.[4] Train running details are offered via digital display screens and timetable posters.
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.[5][6]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Northern Yorkshire Coast Line | ||||
| Terminus | Hull Trains London-Beverley |
Hull Paragon | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Y&NMR | Terminus | |||
| Terminus | North Holderness Light Railway Proposed line, never built | |||
References
- 1 2 Historic England. "The Railway Station (1164550)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Message from the Lords". Hansard. Hansard. 8 June 1899. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ Body 1988, pp. 36–37
- ↑ Beverley station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 7 December 2016
- ↑ Table 43 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- ↑ "MP delighted at new direct train service from Beverley to London". First Hull Trains. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
Sources
- Body, G. (1988). Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2. PSL Field Guides. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-072-1.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beverley railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Beverley railway station from National Rail
- Historic England. "Beverley railway station buildings (167499)". Images of England.
- "Station Name: Beverley". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.