Beverley railway station

Beverley
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
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.590 million
2005/06	0.605 million
2006/07	0.598 million
2007/08	0.593 million
2008/09	0.604 million
2009/10	0.582 million
2010/11	0.590 million
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
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.
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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 interior (2001)

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]

Services

The station has a two train 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 or York. Trains run hourly in each direction on Sundays, with two-hourly extensions northbound to Scarborough all year since the December 2009 timetable change (this service level previously only ran in summer). Starting on 4 February 2015 First Hull Trains operate one service per weekday between Beverley and London King's Cross. This service is operated by Class 180s.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Cottingham		Northern Rail Yorkshire Coast Line		Arram
Terminus		Hull Trains East Coast Main Line		Hull Paragon
Disused railways
Cherry Burton		Y&NMR York to Beverley Line		Terminus
Terminus		North Holderness Light Railway Proposed line, never built		Tickton

References

1. Historic England. "The Railway Station (1164550)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
2. "Message from the Lords". Hansard. Hansard. 8 June 1899. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
3. Body 1988, pp. 36–37

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

• 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.