Hornsea Town railway station

Hornsea Town railway station was the terminus of the Hull and Hornsea Railway, and served the seaside town of Hornsea in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Hornsea Town
LocationHornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire
England
Coordinates53.9112°N 0.1633°W / 53.9112; -0.1633
Grid referenceTA207476
Platforms3
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyHull and Hornsea Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway (UK)
Key dates
28 March 1864opened as Hornsea
25 September 1950renamed as Hornsea Town
19 October 1964closed
Invalid designation
FeatureRailway station
Designated19 December 1979 (amended 26 November 1985)
Reference no.1249389

It opened with the rest of the line on 28 March 1864, it was originally named just "Hornsea".[1][2]

The station originally had one platform adjacent to the station building with a canopy over the platform. There was a turntable, a signal box and two goods sidings.[3] By 1910 the was an additional double sided platform and long sidings.[4]

The station was renamed – with the "Town" suffix – on 25 September 1950,[5] and closed on 19 October 1964.[1]

Two camping coaches were positioned here by the North Eastern Region from 1959 to 1964.[6]

Hornsea Town railway station is now a Grade II listed building.[7]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Hornsea Bridge   North Eastern Railway
Hull and Hornsea Railway		   Terminus

References
  1. Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 220.
  2. Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. pp. 271–272. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
  3. "Hornsea station on OS 25 inch map Yorkshire CXCVII.3 (& CXCVII.4) (Hornsea)". National Library of Scotland. 1891. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. "Hornsea station on OS 25 inch map Yorkshire CXCVII.3 (& CXCVII.4) (Hornsea)". National Library of Scotland. 1910. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  5. Butt, R. V. J. (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. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  6. McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. p. 40. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
  7. Historic England. "RAILWAY STATION (1249389)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 January 2017.


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