Ferriby railway station

Ferriby railway station serves the village of North Ferriby in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern. It is situated on the former Hull and Selby Railway, 7 ¹⁄₂ miles (12.1 km) west of Hull Paragon. It has a slightly unusual layout, in that the eastbound platform is located on the main running line but the westbound one is on a loop which continues on towards Brough.[1] The line from Gilberdyke towards Hull through here was quadrupled at the beginning of the 20th century by the NER but reduced to mainly double track again by British Rail in the early 1970s - the section from here westwards though kept the additional running line to allow it to serve a (now demolished) cement works next to the line at Melton Halt, so the westbound platform was left unaltered whereas the opposite one was extended outwards to meet the running line.

Ferriby
Location
Place	North Ferriby
Local authority	East Riding of Yorkshire
Coordinates	53.71682°N 0.50600°W / 53.71682; -0.50600
Grid reference	SE985255
Operations
Station code	FRY
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	47,454
2015/16	45,188
2016/17	48,928
2017/18	51,768
2018/19	44,918
History
Key dates	Opened 1840 (1840)
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ferriby from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Facilities

It is unstaffed, with no ticketing facilities and so passengers must buy these in advance of travel or on the train. The main buildings are now privately owned, but there are shelters on both platforms and a footbridge linking them.[2] Train running details are provided by information screens, timetable posters and telephone. Step-free access is available to both platforms.[3]

Services

The station has a basic hourly service in each direction on weekdays (with extras at peak times), provided by the Hull to Doncaster stopping trains. Some Hull-bound trains continue toward Bridlington, whilst a small number of York trains call during the weekday peaks.

There is a very limited service (two eastbound and three westbound trains) on Sundays.[4]

References

1. Ferriby Railway Station, Yorkshire Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org; Retrieved 6 December 2016
2. Ferriby Railway Station main building Thomas, J Geograph.org; Retrieved 6 December 2016
3. Ferriby station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 6 December 2016
4. Table 29 National Rail timetable, December 2019

External links

• Train times and station information for Ferriby railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Brough		Northern Selby Line		Hessle
	Historical railways
Melton Halt Line open, station closed		North Eastern Railway		Hessle Line and station open