Wallingfen railway station

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
Looking east along the M62 across the site of the former station (2018)
LocationNewport, East Riding of Yorkshire
England
Coordinates53.766700°N 0.710300°W / 53.766700; -0.710300
Grid referenceSE848308
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyHull, Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway
Pre-groupingHull and Barnsley Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1885opened
1955closed to passengers
1959closed for freight

The station opened on 20 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 to avoid confusion with others stations titled Newport.[3][4] It closed to passengers on 1 August 1955 and closed completely on 6 April 1959.[5][6] The station has been demolished, and a section of the M62 motorway has been built over the railway alignment in the 1970s.[5]

References
  1. Butt 1995, p. 240.
  2. Body, Geoffrey (1989). Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2: Northern Operating Area. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens. p. 89. ISBN 1-85260-072-1.
  3. Burgess, Neil (2011). The Lost Railway's of Yorkshire's East Riding. Catrine: Stenlake. p. 12. ISBN 9781840335521.
  4. "Newport, East Riding". Howdenshire History. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  5. Dyson, Mark. "Wallingfen". Disused Stations. Disused Stations. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  6. "A brief history of the H&BR". Hull and Barnsley railway. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (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.
  • "Station Name: Wallingfen". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. 20 April 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Sandholme   Hull and Barnsley Railway   North Cave


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