Beverley railway station

Beverley railway station serves the town of Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Hull to Scarborough Line and is operated by Northern who provide most passenger services from the station.

Beverley
Beverley railway station, signal box and Chantry lane crossing (2005)
LocationBeverley, East Riding of Yorkshire
England
Coordinates53.842000°N 0.421000°W / 53.842000; -0.421000
Grid referenceTA038396
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBEV
ClassificationDfT category E
Passengers
2015/16 0.638 million
 Interchange  7
2016/17 0.673 million
 Interchange  10
2017/18 0.693 million
 Interchange  14
2018/19 0.659 million
 Interchange  35
2019/20 0.682 million
 Interchange  6
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History and description
The station c. 1910 when there was a canopy in front of the entrance

Beverley station was opened in October 1846 by the York and North Midland Railway leased Bridlington branch of the Hull and Selby Railway. The original station was designed by G.T. Andrews.[1]

Beverley gained junction status nineteen years later in 1865 when the North Eastern Railway completed the Market Weighton to Beverley section of the York to Beverley Line.

The station was also planned to be the junction for the North Holderness Light Railway. This intended railway was given an Act in Parliament for 'transferring to the company the North Holderness Light Railway Company; and for other purposes, North Eastern Railway Bill [Lords].' The act was passed on 8 June 1899, but the NER never built the line.[2]

The York to Beverley Line closed as a result of the Beeching Axe on 29 November 1965.[3] The station received listed building status in 1985.[1]

The station has a staffed ticket office, which is open Mondays to Fridays from 07:00 until 17:00 and until 13:30 on Saturdays (closed Sundays). A ticket machine is also provided. There is a waiting room and cafe in the main building next to the ticket hall and a shelter on the opposite platform. Step-free access is available to both platforms, though the southbound one is reached via a manned barrier level crossing.[4] Train running details are offered via digital display screens and timetable posters.

Station Masters
  • George Dooks ???? – 1857
  • Frederick King 1857 – ????
  • James J. Brown 1868 – 1882[5] (afterwards stationmaster at Hull)
  • Edward Render 1882 – 1901[6]
  • Anthony Newton 1901 – 1919 (formerly station master at Hartlepool, killed crossing the line at Beverley in 1919)[7]
  • Robert W. Charlton 1919 – 1924
  • F.W. Cooper 1925 – 1941[8] (formerly station master at Monkseaton)
  • James T. Batty 1942 – 1944[9]
  • J. Dennis 1944 – 1946[10] (afterwards station master at West Hartlepool and Hartlepool)
  • E.E. Burgis 1947[11] – ????
  • J.R. Power 1949[12] – 1951 (formerly station master at Heaton and Byker)
  • S. Richardson 1951 – 1954 (afterwards station master at Bridlington)
  • A. Laidler 1954 – 1958 (formerly station master at Richmond, afterwards station master at Buxton)
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Services
A Class 158 at Beverley on a Scarborough to Hull service

The station has a two trains per hour service to Hull and Bridlington, with an hourly service to Scarborough on weekdays. At peak times, a number of extra trains from Hull terminate/start here. Most services to Hull continue to Doncaster and Sheffield or Selby & York.[13] Trains run hourly in each direction on Sundays, with most southbound trains running to Sheffield & hourly extensions northbound to Scarborough all year since the December 2009 timetable change (this service level previously only ran in summer).

On 4 February 2015 Hull Trains commenced operating one service per weekday between Beverley and London King's Cross with Class 180s.[14][15] Since May 2019, this has been increased to 2 trains per day.[16]

Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Northern
Yorkshire Coast Line
Cottingham   Hull Trains
London-Beverley		   Terminus
Disused railways
Y&NMRTerminus
TerminusNorth Holderness Light Railway
Proposed line, never built

References
  1. Historic England. "The Railway Station (1164550)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  2. "Message from the Lords". Hansard. Hansard. 8 June 1899. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. Body 1988, pp. 36–37
  4. Beverley station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 7 December 2016
  5. "Beverley Railway Appointment". Yorkshire Gazette. England. 9 December 1882. Retrieved 16 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Presentation to the Beverley Stationmaster". Hull Daily Mail. England. 31 May 1901. Retrieved 16 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Mr. Anthony Newton". Western Gazette. England. 9 May 1919. Retrieved 16 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Beverley Retirement". Hull Daily Mail. England. 21 August 1941. Retrieved 16 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Former Stationmaster at Driffield". Driffield Times. England. 30 September 1944. Retrieved 16 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. "LNER Appointment". Hull Daily Mail. England. 4 October 1946. Retrieved 16 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. "Beverley Stationmaster". Hull Daily Mail. England. 10 January 1947. Retrieved 16 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. "Beverley Stationmaster". Hull Daily Mail. England. 25 January 1949. Retrieved 16 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. Table 43 National Rail timetable, December 2019
  14. Table 43 National Rail timetable, May 2016
  15. "MP delighted at new direct train service from Beverley to London". First Hull Trains. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  16. "TimeTables". Hull Trains. Retrieved 28 May 2019.

Sources
  • Body, G. (1988). Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2. PSL Field Guides. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-072-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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