Yorkshire Coast Line

The Yorkshire Coast Line is a railway line in northern England. It runs from Kingston upon Hull ( Hull Paragon Station ) northward through East Riding of Yorkshire to Scarborough ( Scarborough railway station ) in North Yorkshire.

History

The southern section from Hull to Bridlington opened in October, 1846, the northern section to Scarborough followed a year later.

From 1947 to 1977 was between Hunmanby and Filey also a short branch line to the station Filey Holiday Camp, which consisted of two island platforms with four tracks. Was he initially used actively during the summer months by travelers, so took his importance due to the increasing motorization of the population in the aftermath noticeably from. For economic reasons, the station had to be shut down eventually; the last train wrong on July 17, 1977. Nowadays the platforms as well as isolated lampposts are still visible.

Current operation

Train services on the route are provided by Northern Rail, many of whom offer their further course on the Sheffield -Hull Line and a few more on the Hull- York Line. First Transpennine Express operates a train service from Scarborough to York / Leeds and utilizes Seamer to the track. It usually two-part diesel railcar (Series 158) British Rail are used. During the summer the class 158 railcars for larger capacities are coupled with railcars of Class 153.

In the past there were only a very limited range of compounds Sunday. Only in the summer, there were between Hull and Bridlington a einstündlichen clock, trains to Scarborough drove every two hours. Since the timetable change in December 2009, the summer schedule was extended to the whole year. For the future, an increased train services is planned in the evening on weekdays.

From Scarborough is a bus connection exists further north towards Whitby.