Wallingfen railway station
Wallingfen | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Looking east along the M62 across the site of the former station (2018) | |
| General information | |
| Location | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Coordinates | 53°46′00″N 0°42′37″W / 53.766700°N 0.710300°W |
| Platforms | 2 |
| 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 | |
| 1885 | opened |
| 1955 | closed to passengers |
| 1959 | closed 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 20 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 and closed completely on 6 April 1959.[5][6] The station has been demolished, and a section of the M62 motorway has been built over the railway alignment in the 1970s.[5]
References
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 240.
- ^ Body, Geoffrey (1989). Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2: Northern Operating Area. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens. p. 89. ISBN 1-85260-072-1.
- ^ Burgess, Neil (2011). The Lost Railway's of Yorkshire's East Riding. Catrine: Stenlake. p. 12. ISBN 9781840335521.
- ^ "Newport, East Riding". Howdenshire History. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ a b Dyson, Mark. "Wallingfen". Disused Stations. Disused Stations. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ "A brief history of the H&BR". Hull and Barnsley railway. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- "Station Name: Wallingfen". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. 20 April 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
External links
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Sandholme | Hull and Barnsley Railway | North Cave |
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