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.
Wallingfen | |
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.jpg) Looking east along the M62 across the site of the former station (2018) | |
| General information | |
| Location | Newport, East Riding of Yorkshire England |
| Coordinates | 53°46′00″N 0°42′37″W / 53.766700°N 0.710300°W |
| Grid reference | SE848308 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| 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 | |
| 27 July 1885 | Opened |
| 1 August 1955 | Closed to passengers |
| 1959 | Closed for freight |
The station opened on 27 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[3] to avoid confusion with others stations titled Newport.[4][5] It closed to passengers on 1 August 1955[6] and closed completely on 6 April 1959.[7][8] The station has been demolished, and a section of the M62 motorway was built over the railway alignment in the 1970s.[7]
References
edit- ^ Butt 1995, p. 170.
- ^ Body, Geoffrey (1989). Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2: Northern Operating Area. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens. p. 89. ISBN 1-85260-072-1.
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 240.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 439. OCLC 931112387.
- ^ 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
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| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Sandholme | Hull and Barnsley Railway | North Cave |
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