Station Name: ELLERBY

[Source: Mark Dyson]

Date opened: 28.3.1864
Location: West side of Marton Road
Company on opening: Hull and Hornsea Railway
Date closed to passengers: 19.10.1964
Date closed completely: 19.10.1964
Company on closing: British Railways (Eastern Region)
Present state: Unknown - the station building is believed to be a private residence
County: Yorkshire
OS Grid Ref: TA168394
Date of visit: 25.5.1975 & March 1991

Notes: This station was originally named Marton but was renamed Burton Constable on 1.8.1864. It's final name was Ellerby from 1.1.1922 to avoid confusion with Constable Burton in North Yorkshire. The goods service was withdrawn from 11.11.1963

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE HULL & HORNSEA RAILWAY
A line connecting the Hull-Scarborough branch at Arram to a site near Hornsea Mere had been proposed in 1846/7 by the York and North Midland Railway but never built due to the downfall of chairman George Hudson amidst a financial scandal.

A new line connecting Hull and Hornsea was promoted by Hornsea resident and Hull timber merchant Joseph Armytage Wade, the aim of such a line being to develop Hornsea as a fashionable Victorian seaside resort.

The first sod was turned by Wade on 8.10.1862. Problems were encountered during construction due to the nature of the local soil; there were further issues with poor workmanship and materials used by the contractors. A late change of plan saw the line extended from the proposed terminus at Hornsea Bridge to the seafront; this meant construction of an embankment which required the ground to be piled adding substantially to the already escalating construction costs.

Opened on 28.3.1864, the line ran in a fairly direct North Easterly direction from Hull, the original Hull terminus was Wilmington station, though after 1st June 1864 trains ran via the Victoria Dock branch into Hull's Paragon station. Due to lower than expected receipts and consequent financial difficulties, the Hull and Hornsea Railway merged with the North Eastern Railway on 16.7.1866.

The line was constructed as a single track but was doubled throughout in the early 1900s. Diesel railcars were introduced from 71.1957 and operated local services from that date. Centralised Traffic Control (automated signaling and level crossings) was proposed in the early 1960's, but this was overtaken by the 'Beeching Report'. Closure to passengers came on 19.10.1964, with Goods services to Hornsea Bridge continuing until 3.5.1965.

Today, the trackbed of the railway forms the 'Hornsea Rail Trail', also part of the 'Trans Pennine Trail'- the majority of station buildings still exist and the trackbed is virtually complete throughout.

Further reading 'The Lost Railways of Holderness' by Peter Price (Hutton Press)
ISBN 0 0907033 86 5

To see the other stations on the Hull & Hornsea Railway click on the station name: Sutton-on-Hull, Swine, Skirlaugh, Ellerby (2nd station), Whitedale, Sigglesthorne, Wassand, Hornsea Bridge & Hornsea Town

 

Ellerby Station in May 1975
Copyright photo from Nigel Mundy collection




The platforms and station house which is located 'above' the platforms at ground level, looking towards Hornsea in March 1991. The bridge at the far end of the platforms which carried the road over the railway has been removed and the cutting infilled.
Photo by Mark Dyson


 

 

 

:[Source: Mark Dyson]


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