The North Holderness Light Railway was a proposed

light railway A light railway is a railway built at lower costs and to lower standards than typical "heavy rail": it uses lighter-weight track, and may have more steep gradients and tight curves to reduce civil engineering costs. These lighter standards allow ...

, which was to have been constructed between

Beverley Beverley is a market town, market and minster (church), minster town and a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, of which it is the county town. The town centre is located south-east of York's centre ...

and

North Frodingham North Frodingham is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south-east of the town of Driffield and lies on the B1249 road. The civil parish is formed by the village of North Frodingha ...

, 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. The scheme was given parliamentary approval in July 1897 (under the Light Railways Act) for a line extending to . It was abandoned in 1903 by the North Eastern Railway (NER) and replaced with a bus service though consideration had been given to build the line to a narrower gauge than standard gauge on account of some of the marshy land that the line would have to cross. The line would have begun from a junction with the

Hull to Scarborough Line Hull may refer to: Structures * Chassis, of an armored fighting vehicle * Fuselage, of an aircraft * Hull (botany), the outer covering of seeds * Hull (watercraft), the body or frame of a ship * Submarine hull Mathematics * Affine hull, in a ...

, slightly to the north of Beverley railway station, and served villages and agricultural land in the

Holderness Holderness is an area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, on the north-east coast of England. An area of rich agricultural land, Holderness was marshland until it was drained in the Middle Ages. Topographically, Holderness has more in common wit ...

area. Stations were proposed at

Tickton Tickton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Tickton is approximately east from Beverley, lying to the south of the A1035 road. The village is about long and contains, two churches, two pubs, a primary school ...

, Routh,

Long Riston Long Riston is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately north of Hull city centre and east of Beverley town centre. It lies to the east of the A165 road which by-passes ...

Leven Leven may refer to: People * Leven (name), list of people with the name Nobility * Earl of Leven a title in the Peerage of Scotland Placenames * Leven, Fife Leven ( gd, Inbhir Lìobhann) is a seaside town in Fife, set in the east Central ...

Brandesburton Brandesburton is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately west of Hornsea and north-east of the market town of Beverley. The civil parish is formed by the vil ...

and North Frodingham. The route can be seen on tiled maps of the North Eastern Railway network still extant at: * Beverley railway station *

Hartlepool railway station Hartlepool is a railway station on the Durham Coast Line, which runs between Newcastle and Middlesbrough via Hartlepool. The station, situated south-east of Sunderland, serves the port town of Hartlepool in County Durham, England. It is ow ...

Middlesbrough railway station Middlesbrough is a railway station on the Durham Coast Line, Esk Valley Line and Tees Valley Line. The station serves the town of Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by TransPennine Express. Accor ...

Morpeth railway station Morpeth is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between and . The station, situated north of Newcastle, serves the market town of Morpeth, Northumberland, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains ...

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(York) *

Pickering railway station Pickering railway station is the southern terminus of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and serves the town of Pickering in North Yorkshire, England. The first railway arrived in Pickering from the north in 1836, however, it wasn't until the ...

(Modern reproduction) *

Saltburn railway station Saltburn is a railway station on the Tees Valley Line, which runs between and Saltburn via . The station, situated east of Middlesbrough, serves the seaside town of Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland in North Yorkshire, England. It is ...

Scarborough railway station Scarborough railway station, formerly Scarborough Central, is a Grade II listed station serving the seaside town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. It lies east of York and is one of the eastern termini on the North TransPennine route, operated ...

Tynemouth Metro station Tynemouth is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the coastal town of Tynemouth, North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network as a terminus station on 11 August 1980, following the opening of the first phase of the network, ...

Whitby railway station Whitby is a railway station at the head of the Esk Valley Line, which runs between Middlesbrough and Whitby via Nunthorpe. The station, situated east of Grosmont, serves the seaside town of Whitby, Borough of Scarborough in North Yorkshire, ...

York railway station York railway station is on the East Coast Main Line serving the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. It is north of and on the main line it is situated between to the south and to the north. , the station is operated by London North East ...

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