Yorkshire Coast Line

Scarborough – Kingston upon Hull
Route length:	88 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Legend Scarborough from Whitby Scarborough Londesborough Road Seamer to York Cayton Gristhorpe Filey Filey Holiday Camp Hunmanby Speeton Bempton Flamborough (formerly Marton) Bridlington Carnaby Burton Agnes Lowthorpe Nafferton Driffield after Malton to Selby Hutton Cranswick Lockington Arram from York Beverley Cottingham to York Hull Paragon

The Yorkshire Coast Line is a railway line in the north of England . It runs from Kingston upon Hull ( Hull Paragon train station ) north through the East Riding of Yorkshire to Scarborough ( Scarborough train station ) in North Yorkshire .

history

The southern section from Hull to Bridlington opened in October 1846, and the northern section to Scarborough followed a year later.

From 1947 to 1977 there was also a short branch line to Filey Holiday Camp station between Hunmanby and Filey , which consisted of two island platforms with four tracks. At the beginning of the summer it was actively used by holidaymakers, but its importance decreased noticeably in the following period due to the increasing motorization of the population. For economic reasons, the station finally had to be closed; the last train ran on July 17th, 1977. Today only the platforms and a few lamp posts can be seen.

Today's operation

Train services on the route are provided by Northern Rail , many of which continue on the Sheffield-Hull Line and a few more on the Hull-York Line . First TransPennine Express operates a train connection from Scarborough to York / Leeds and uses the route to Seamer . Mostly two-part diesel multiple units ( series 158 ) from British Rail are used. During the summer, the 158 railcars are coupled with class 153 railcars for larger capacities .

In the past there was only a very limited number of connections on Sundays. Only in summer was there an hourly service between Hull and Bridlington , with trains to Scarborough running every two hours. Since the timetable change in December 2009, the summer timetable has been extended to cover the whole year. For the future, an increased train service is also planned in the evenings on weekdays.

From Scarborough there is a bus connection further north to Whitby .

literature

• G. Body: 'PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2  (= The Making of the English Landscape). Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough, London 1976, ISBN 1-85260-072-1 .

Web links

Commons : Yorkshire Coast Line  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• yorkshirecoastline.co.uk

Individual evidence

1. ^ Body, G .: PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2 , 1976, p. 49
2. ^ Filey Holiday Camp . Subterranea Britannica. Retrieved December 23, 2008.
3. ↑ Northern Rail announces proposals for more trains for Wolds coast . Northern Rail. February 13, 2009. Retrieved March 23, 2009.