Wressle railway station

Wressle National Rail
Location
Place Wressle
Local authority East Riding of Yorkshire
Coordinates 53°46′23″N 0°55′26″W / 53.77292°N 0.92401°W / 53.77292; -0.92401Coordinates: 53°46′23″N 0°55′26″W / 53.77292°N 0.92401°W / 53.77292; -0.92401
Grid reference SE710312
Operations
Station code WRS
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05   870
2005/06 Decrease 662
2006/07 Increase 691
2007/08 Increase 1,290
2008/09 Increase 1,384
2009/10 Increase 1,834
2010/11 Decrease 1,594
2011/12 Decrease 1,306
2012/13 Increase 1,488
2013/14 Increase 1,548
2014/15 Decrease 1,090
History
Key dates Opened 1840 (1840)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wressle from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Wressle railway station is a railway station on the Selby Line that serves the village of Wressle in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated 25 miles (40 km) west of Hull Paragon.

History

The Hull and Selby Railway was opened 2 July 1840.[1] Wressel station does not appear to have been an original feature of the line;[note 1] however a market day service from "Wressel Bridge" was recorded in 1843.[2][3]

The station was in full use by 1855.[2] The station was a single storey brick structure with a verandah, located on the south platform. The spellings Wressel and Wressle have both been used, with the 'Wressle' becoming standard after around 1863.[3]

Wressle was listed for closure in the 1963 Beeching report, but remained open to avoid local hardship. The station became unstaffed in 1976.[3]

Services

Six trains a day call at Wressle (Mon-Sat) in the May 2016 timetable; three to York and three to Hull.[4] No trains call on Sundays.

The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Northern

Notes

  1. Butt (1995) states the station opened on 2 July 1840. However the station does not appear in contemporary newspaper reports, or in the 2 July 1840 timetable.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 MacTurk 1970, pp. 68–76, 77.
  2. 1 2 Quick 2009, p. 420.
  3. 1 2 3 Tuffrey, Peter (2012), East Yorkshire Railway Stations, pp. 128–8
  4. Table 29 National Rail timetable, May 2016

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