Gilberdyke railway station is a railway station that serves the village of

Gilberdyke Gilberdyke is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south-east of York and west of Hull. Gilberdyke lies near to Howden which is away. It lies on the B1230 road, south of the M62 ...

in the

East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire to t ...

, England. It was opened in 1840 by the

Hull and Selby Railway The Hull and Selby Railway is a railway line between Kingston upon Hull and Selby in the United Kingdom which was authorised by an act of 1836 and opened in 1840. As built the line connected with the Leeds and Selby Railway (opened 1834) at Selby ...

, and until 1974 it was known as Staddlethorpe station. Today it is operated by the

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train operating company. Situated west of Hull, it is the junction for the lines to Selby and to and

Doncaster Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated in ...

History

Staddlethorpe station was opened by the

in 1840. The original facilities included a water station, with a reservoir and pumping engine. In 1842 a train guard slipped in wet weather, falling off the platform under moving coal wagons, resulting in very serious injuries leading to his death. In 1850 a train from Hull to Normanton had one of its engine's boilers explode near the station. Both the driver and fireman were badly scalded, and the fireman broke a leg. Gilberdyke Junction

In 1869 the

Hull and Doncaster Branch The Hull and Doncaster Branch is a secondary main railway line in England, connecting Kingston upon Hull to South Yorkshire and beyond via a branch from the Selby Line near Gilberdyke to a connection to the Doncaster–Barnetby line at a junctio ...

opened, branching south-westwards from a junction just west of the station.Ordnance Survey. 1:2500. 1890 At around the end of the 19th century a goods shed, and sidings serving a creosote works were established south of the station. In the same period the line through here and on towards Brough was increased to four tracks.Ordnance Survey. 1:2500. 1909 The reservoir was filled in during 1903. In 1987, the platform loop lines were removed (reducing the line to two tracks again) and the platforms themselves extended outwards to reach the remaining running lines. The works and area south of the station was redeveloped as an industrial estate in the 1970.Ordnance Survey. 1:2500. 1970–1, 1981 In 2006 a planning application was accepted for the demolition of the goods shed and the erection of three industrial units split into eighteen smaller business units.

Present

Railway buildings that still exist include the Station Master's house and two adjacent cottages, and, on Broad Lane, a number of terraced cottages known as Station Cottages. The sidings south of the station have been replaced by an industrial estate "Gateway Business Park". The station is now an unmanned halt and has no ticketing facilities – passengers must purchase these on the train or prior to travel. Shelters are located on each platform, along with digital information screens. Train running details can also be obtained by telephone and timetable posters. The station does not have step free access to the westbound platform (as it is accessible only via footbridge), meaning that disabled passengers should book assistance in advance or travel via Brough station where step free access is available.

Services

The station is operated by

. The station is served hourly in each direction on weekdays by local trains between Hull and Doncaster and by the to Hull via service, along with a limited service (one departure per day) to and

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operated by

TransPennine Express TransPennine Express (TPE), legally First TransPennine Express Limited, is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that operates the TransPennine Express franchise. It runs regional and inter-city rail services between the major c ...

. This is the 1K04 service leaving Hull at 05:06 Monday to Saturday calling at Gilberdyke at 05:25 in the December 2019 timetable. On Sundays there is an hourly service to Hull and Doncaster.

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{{stn art lnk, GBD, HU152SU Railway stations in the East Riding of Yorkshire DfT Category F2 stations Former Hull and Selby Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1840 Railway stations served by TransPennine Express Northern franchise railway stations