Beverley railway station
Beverley | |
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General information | |
Location | East Riding of Yorkshire |
Coordinates | 53°50′31″N 0°25′16″W / 53.842000°N 0.421000°W |
Managed by | Northern |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | BEV |
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
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.
Station Masters
- George Dooks ???? - 1857
- Frederick King 1857 - ????
- James J. Brown 1868 - 1882[5] (afterwards stationmaster at Hull)
- Edward Render 1882 - 1901[6]
- Anthony Newton 1901 - 1919 (formerly station master at Hartlepool, killed crossing the line at Beverley in 1919)[7]
- Robert W. Charlton 1919 - 1924
- F.W. Cooper 1925 - 1941[8] (formerly station master at Monkseaton)
- James T. Batty 1942 - 1944[9]
- J. Dennis 1944 - 1946[10] (afterwards station master at West Hartlepool and Hartlepool)
- E.E. Burgis 1947[11] - ????
- J.R. Power 1949[12] - 1951 (formerly station master at Heaton and Byker)
- S. Richardson 1951 - 1954 (afterwards station master at Bridlington)
- A. Laidler 1954 - 1958 (formerly station master at Richmond, afterwards station master at Buxton)
Gallery
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The original canopy seen in 1900
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Beverley station interior 2001
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.[13][14]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Northern Yorkshire Coast Line | ||||
Terminus | Hull Trains London-Beverley |
Cottingham | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Y&NMR | Terminus | |||
Terminus | North Holderness Light Railway Proposed line, never built |
References
- ^ a b 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
- ^ "Beverley Railway Appointment". Yorkshire Gazette. England. 9 December 1882. Retrieved 16 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- ^ "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. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-072-1.
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External links
- Train times and station information for Beverley railway station from National Rail
- Historic England. "Details from listed building database ({{{num}}})". National Heritage List for England.
- "Station Name: Beverley". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- Railway stations in the East Riding of Yorkshire
- Former York and North Midland Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1846
- Railway stations served by Hull Trains
- Railway stations served by Northern (train operating company)
- Stations on the Hull to Scarborough line
- Beverley
- Grade II listed buildings in the East Riding of Yorkshire
- Grade II listed railway stations
- 1846 establishments in England
- George Townsend Andrews railway stations