Melton Halt railway station was a worker's station built on the Hull and Selby line near Melton. The halt was built for works trains to and from the ''Humber Portland Cement Company's'' works (

Humber Cement Works Melton is a small village in the civil parish of Welton, East Riding of Yorkshire, Welton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated about west of Kingston upon Hull city centre near to the Humber Estuary and about east of the village ...

), and operated from 1920 to 1989.

History

In June 1920 the North Eastern Railway was approached by the ''Humber Portland Cement Company'' with a request for a station halt for their new works near Melton. The company offered to pay the construction costs, and guaranteed a minimum number of tickets to be purchased. The halt was located at the "Melton Crossing" level crossing. The initial halt was a two platform station with the platforms on the slow lines of the quadruple track at the crossing. The halt opened in October 1920, and was originally named ''Melton Crossing Halt''. It was situated between and , The station was renamed ''Melton Halt'' by

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by February 1965. In 1970 after one of the tracks was removed (Hull slow) a new platform was constructed. The station was closed by

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on 10 July 1989.

Potential Reopening

In June 2019, it was revealed that Hull Local Enterprise Partnership were looking at reopening the station as a major parkway station for InterCity services next to Melton West Business Park and the

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. If plans come to fruition it would be the first station to open in East Yorkshire for over 100 years.

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Disused Stations: Melton Halt
{{rail end Disused railway stations in the East Riding of Yorkshire Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1920 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1989