Filey railway station
Filey  | |
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Filey station (Winter 2005) | |
| Location | |
| Place | Filey |
| Local authority | Scarborough |
| Coordinates | 54°12′34″N 0°17′31″W / 54.20950°N 0.29200°WCoordinates: 54°12′34″N 0°17′31″W / 54.20950°N 0.29200°W |
| Grid reference | TA113806 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | FIL |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F1 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 0.091 million |
| 2005/06 |
 0.093 million |
| 2006/07 |
0.100 million |
| 2007/08 |
0.101 million |
| 2008/09 |
0.110 million |
| 2009/10 |
0.118 million |
| 2010/11 |
 0.115 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.123 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.121 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.123 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.121 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1846 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Filey from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Filey railway station is a grade II* listed station opened in 1846 on the Hull to Scarborough Line, which serves the town of Filey in North Yorkshire, England.
It is operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services.
History
The station was on the York and North Midland Railway's branch from its York to Scarborough Railway (opened 1845) at Seamer to Bridlington, part of which connected to the Hull and Selby Railway (Bridlington branch) at Bridlington; both branches were sanctioned in 1845 and opened in 1846.[1]
The station building was completed in 1846 to the designs of G.T. Andrews; a single storey red brick structure with slate roof and sandstone dressings, with a 7 bay main entrance projected from the station.[2] The platforms were 276 and 277 feet (84 and 84 m) long.[3] The trainshed roof was common Andrew's design using a wrought iron truss structure supporting a wood and slate roof.[3]
The first train ran from Seamer station on 5 October 1846, arriving at 1 pm, with a large celebration and dinner including the presence of George Hudson. The regular service began the following day.[4]
The rail facilities at Filey also included a goods shed, also an Andrew's design, on the opposite side of the level crossing northwest of the station,[5][6] and a coal depot with sidings to the south east of the station, and a gas works adjacent to it.[7][8]
In circa the 1870 an NER footbridge was added.[note 1] The platforms were extended in 1888 to 364 and 383 feet (111 and 117 m), then to 390 and 405 feet (119 and 123 m) in 1906, timber platform extensions were also added later, giving a platform length of 480 feet (150 m) at peak. In the 19th century there were also ticket platforms.[3]
Goods traffic to Filey ceased in 1964, as part of the Beeching reforms.[10]
In the 1960s one end of the hipped roof was removed along with the ventilated roof lantern, the other end in the 1970s.[3] In 1985 the building was given listed building status.[2] In 1988 BR sought planning permission to remove the roof entirely but was refused, instead the roof was reconstructed including the hipped ends, at an eventual cost of over £450,000 funded by BR, heritage bodies, and the town and borough councils.[11]
Services
There are nine trains a day in each direction on weekdays, northbound to Scarborough and southwards to Bridlington and Hull, with many of the latter running through to Doncaster and Sheffield. Sunday services now operate throughout the year since the December 2009 timetable alterations, with six trains in each direction calling.[12]
New Northern franchise holder Arriva Rail North plan to introduce an hourly service in both directions (including Sundays) once they take over operations in April 2016 (likely at the December 2017 timetable change).[13]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Northern Rail | ||||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Y&NMR | Station closed; Line open |
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| Disused railways | ||||
| Terminus | London and North Eastern Railway Butlins Triangle | |||
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Notes
References
- ↑ See York to Scarborough Railway and Hull to Scarborough Railway
- 1 2 Historic England. "Railway Station, Station Avenue (1167853)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 Farline 2007, p. 7.
- ↑ Farline 2007, p. 4-5.
- ↑ Farline 2007, pp. 7, 10.
- ↑ Ordnance Survey. 1:2500. 1891
- ↑ Farline 2007, p. 11, 16.
- ↑ Ordnance Survey. 1:2500. 1891, 1911, 1928
- ↑ "Filey Station". www.transportheritage.com. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- ↑ Farline 2007, p. 17.
- ↑ Farline 2007, p. 22-3.
- ↑ Northern Rail Timetable 28: Hull to Scarborough 13 December 2015 - 14 May 2016 www.northernrail.org; Retrieved 31 March 2016
- ↑ "Northern Franchise Improvements - DfTDepartment for Transport
Sources
- Farline, John (2007). Bairstow, Martin, ed. Railways in East Yorkshire 3. pp. 3–26.
Further reading
- "Opening of the Filey Branch of the York and North Midland". Herapth's Railway and Commercial Journal 8 (384): 1311. 17 October 1846.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Filey railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Filey railway station from National Rail
- Historic England. "Details from image database (326959)". Images of England.