Wilmington railway station

Wilmington
Location
Place Hull
Area East Riding of Yorkshire
Coordinates 53°45′35″N 0°19′48″W / 53.7596°N 0.3300°W / 53.7596; -0.3300Coordinates: 53°45′35″N 0°19′48″W / 53.7596°N 0.3300°W / 53.7596; -0.3300
Grid reference TA102305
Operations
Original company Hull and Hornsea Railway
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms Two (1864), One island (1912)
History
1864 Opened
1912 resited
1964 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Wilmington railway station is a disused railway station in Wilmington, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was briefly the Hull terminus station of the Hull and Hornsea Railway.

It was replaced in 1912 by a station of the same name west of Wilmington junction on the Victoria Dock Branch Line. The station closed 1964.

History

1864–1912

53°45′31″N 0°19′40″W / 53.7586°N 0.3277°W / 53.7586; -0.3277 (Wilmington station (1854))

The station was constructed at the Hull end of the Hull and Hornsea Railway, directly east of its junction (Wilmington junction) with the Victoria Dock Branch Line. The Hull and Hornsea opened 28 March 1864, with services terminating at Wilmington.[1] Through running from Hornsea to Paragon station was planned from 1 June 1864, but delayed until 1 July due to the safety requirements of the board of trade.[2]

The station closed after 9 June 1912.[3]

1912–1964

53°45′34″N 0°19′54″W / 53.75932°N 0.33168°W / 53.75932; -0.33168 (Wilmington station (booking office))

Former station booking office (2013)

In 1912 a new station was constructed west of the original on the Victoria Dock Branch Line; the level crossing at Cleveland Street was replaced with a bridge,[4] at the same time a new double track swing bridge was constructed over the River Hull, slightly to the north of the original single track line.[5] The station was built to an island platform design, accessed via a subway at the booking office on Foster Street.[6][7]

The new station came into use in June 1912, replacing both the 1854 Wilmington station, and Sculcoates station to the west.[3]

The station closed to passengers on 19 October 1964. As of 2010 the 1912 booking office and an entrance to a subway under the former trackbed are still extant,[1] (as of 2014 in use as cafe).

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Sculcoates   North Eastern Railway
Hull and Holderness Railway
  Southcoates
  North Eastern Railway
Hull and Hornsea Railway
 
  North Eastern Railway
Victoria Dock Branch Line
 

References

  1. 1 2 Dyson 2010.
  2. Hoole 1986, pp. 59–60.
  3. 1 2 Hoole 1986, p. 47.
  4. Hoole 1985, pp. 46–47, 59–60.
  5. "Wilmington's second swing bridge". Engineering. 31 January 1908., reprinted in www.forgottenrelics.co.uk with additional content
  6. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1928
  7. "Wilmington railway station". Britain From Above (search results). English Heritage/Aerofilms.

Sources


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