Hedon railway station

Hedon railway station is a disused railway station on the North Eastern Railway's Hull and Holderness Railway on the northern edge of Hedon in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was opened by the Hull and Holderness Railway on 27 June 1854. The station was closed to passengers on 19 October 1964 and to freight on 3 June 1968.[1]

Hedon
Hedon railway station in 2008
Location
Place	Hedon
Area	East Riding of Yorkshire
Coordinates	53.744600°N 0.196000°W / 53.744600; -0.196000
Grid reference	TA189290
Operations
Original company	Hull and Holderness Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	1
History
1854	Opened
1964	Closed for passengers
3 June 1968	closed for freight
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Initially, trains ran west to Hull's Victoria Dock station, but after the North Eastern Railway took over the line from January 1964, services terminated at Hull Paragon, which put the distance between the two stations at 8 miles (13 km).[2]

The goods shed was a west facing structure that was to the north of the station. It was built outside of the Borough of Hedon due to a clause in the town's charter of 1170 which allowed the inhabitants to charge for goods unloaded in the boundaries of the town. Although this was written for shipping entering the town via Hedon Haven, the Hull and Holderness railway were unwilling to pay the dues, so they located the goods shed in the parish of Preston.[3][4]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Hedon Racecourse		North Eastern Railway Hull and Holderness Railway		Burstwick

References

1. "Station Name: Hedon". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
2. Body, Geoffrey (1989). Railways of the Eastern Region. Wellingborough: P. Stephens. p. 90. ISBN 1-85260-072-1.
3. "View: Yorkshire CCXLI.2 (Hedon; Preston) - Ordnance Survey 25 inch England and Wales, 1841-1952". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
4. Beresford, Maurice (1971). History on the ground; six studies in maps and landscapes (Revised ed.). London: Methuen. p. 141. SBN 416-15130-2.

• 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.