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252:, was constructed facing onto Humber Dock. The office was 100 by 70 feet (30 by 21 m) deep by wide with waiting rooms, and ticket and parcel offices on the ground floor; a passage led from the station front to the train shed behind; the first floor contained the company offices including the director's room. The design is thought to be by
318:; the main building was 300 feet (91 m) long, initially with four platforms. The station was expanded in the mid-1860s increasing the number of platforms to right. A second shed was added to the west adjoining Railway Street. Built for the NER, the warehouse also provide service to other railways with running powers to Hull; the
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The main train shed was 170 by 72 feet (52 by 22 m) long by wide, connected at the east end to the offices, with trains arriving at the west end. There were four lines of track, and raised platforms at either side; the trainshed roof was supported on cast iron columns. An exit in the north wall
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Initially passenger trains pulled into the station by a rope and capstan – this led to an accident where the uncontrolled momentum imparted led to the train crashing through the booking office wall. Later the train would have the engine detached, run round and used to shunt the train backwards into
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The goods shed and warehouse was a two-storey building 270 by 45 feet (82 by 14 m) long by wide, with a single line of track within, and two on either side, all running the entire length. Within the building the floor was 2 feet (0.61 m) above the level the track for ease of loading. The
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After the opening of
Paragon station the old station was used as a goods station. Expansion was soon required and land including the old Gaol (west of Manor House Street) and houses on Bell Vue Terrace were acquired and demolished and the station expanded. In 1858 the existing buildings were
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The railways workshops of around 5,000 square yards (4,200 m) were located west of the station, also facing
Kingston Street, and included facilities for engine, wagon and carriage work, with power supplied by a 10 hp stationary engine.
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The
English Street goods depot at Hull has been modernised and enlarged to provide one of the seven main concentration depots of the North Eastern Region, B.R., and is to be known in future as Hull Central Goods
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Sidings remained on the site until the 1980s when housing development occupied the western part of the site. The site of the station buildings site was developed as a multi-storey housing development
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On the opening day (1 July 1840) after a return trip from Hull to Selby a banquet with speeches was held in the upper warehouse. Public services started on 2 July, and goods service on 19 August.
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second floor had access to the lower throughout the shed, allowing movement from train to warehouse under cover. In addition to the goods warehouse the company had a wharf nearby at
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the trainshed. The railway followed the practice used on early
British railways of stopping the train outside the station for ticket inspections.
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Some sidings remained on the site until 1984, when housing was built on the entrance tracks. Much of the station site was redeveloped as
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The reconstructed goods depot at Hull
Central opened in October, and all sundries traffic for the area is now concentrated here
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The
Railway Street site remained in use as part of the Central Good's operations (opened October 1960) handling
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690:"Hull Marina Gateway Site – Fruit Market Strategic Development Area – Assessment of Archaeological Potential"
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and
Kingston Street. The main building was a two-storey structure of white brick and stone, known as
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began terminating at the
Station, running to and from Victoria Dock. The service was ended in 1854.
216:. Most of the buildings were demolished in 1959 as part of a modernisation programme converting the
345:, built as replacement for the loss of the former during the construction of the new West Dock.
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In 1847 an act of
Parliament allowed the construction of a new station, this opened in May 1848 as
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led to a station road, which separated the passenger station from the goods shed to the north.
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699:, no. 262, Humber Field Archaeology, Railway Station (site of), p.25, archived from
260:, with Simminson & Hutchinson as the building contractors, ironwork by James Young.
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A History of the County of York, East Riding volume 1: the City of
Kingston upon Hull
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244:. The station was located on a site of around 5 acres (2.0 ha) adjacent to the
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A regional history of the railways of Great Britain. Vol 4, The North East
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demolished and the site redeveloped in one piece as a goods station.
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development between 2003 and 2008; the northern part is used as a
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The station was constructed as the original Hull terminus of the
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Disused railway station in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
662:, vol. 1, British Transport Commission, 31 December 1960,
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Ordnance Survey. Town plans, 1:1056, 1855–6; 1:2500, 1891–3
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In 1959 a modernisation plan envisaged converting the
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after which it was primarily used for goods traffic.
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The new goods station was designed by NER architect
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The North Eastern Railway; its rise and development
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334:for lighter services across the Humber, replaced
205:, England. In 1848 the station was superseded by
920:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1854
915:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1840
888:Hull and Selby railway, Limekiln Creek warehouse
879:Hull and Selby railway, Limekiln Creek warehouse
750:, vol. 3, North eastern Railway Association
741:, vol. 2, North eastern Railway Association
732:, vol. 1, North Eastern Railway Association
748:A History of North Eastern Railway Architecture
739:A History of North Eastern Railway Architecture
730:A History of North Eastern Railway Architecture
910:Disused railway stations in Kingston upon Hull
328:Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
574:Allison, K. J., ed. (1969). "Railways".
212:As a goods station the facility was known as
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636:"The English Street goods depot at Hull".
386:'s boat yard is also located on the site.
341:with a new warehouse and water channel at
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578:. Victoria County History. p. 393.
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298:Railway Street goods station (1854–1961)
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236:Manor House Street station (1840–1854)
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330:used a wharfe and warehouse at
324:London and North Western Railway
320:Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
766:A History of the Hull Railways
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925:History of Kingston upon Hull
764:MacTurk, G. G. (1970) ,
688:Brigham, T., ed. (May 2008),
638:Railway Engineering Abstracts
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218:English Street Goods station
214:Railway Street Goods station
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292:Victoria Dock Branch Line
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612:Hull and Selby Railway
367:and used for storage.
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195:Hull and Selby Railway
376:multi-storey car park
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160:closed for passengers
152:opened for passengers
144:closed for passengers
288:Hull Paragon station
207:Hull Paragon station
863: /
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755:Hoole, Ken (1986),
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47:General information
868:53.7368°N 0.3424°W
820:53.7388°N 0.3408°W
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203:Kingston upon Hull
187:Manor House Street
168:closed for freight
56:Kingston upon Hull
27:Manor House Street
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64:Coordinates
899:Categories
877: (
855:53°44′12″N
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807:53°44′20″N
520:Hoole 1986
508:Hoole 1986
390:References
73:53°44′20″N
858:0°20′33″W
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149:June 1853
128:Key dates
76:0°20′20″W
776:(1915),
710:24 March
108:TA096282
52:Location
721:Sources
231:History
123:Disused
59:England
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642:14–6
610:See
580:ISBN
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