Hornsea Town railway station

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

Hornsea Town
General information
Location	Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire England
Coordinates	53.9112°N 0.1633°W / 53.9112; -0.1633
Grid reference	TA207476
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Hull and Hornsea Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway (UK)
Key dates
28 March 1864	opened as Hornsea
25 September 1950	renamed as Hornsea Town
19 October 1964	closed
Invalid designation
Feature	Railway station
Designated	19 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 there 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 (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 245. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
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. (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. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
6. McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. 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.

External links

• "Hornsea Town station". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. 20 April 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
• Hornsea station on navigable 1947 O. S. map