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Sigglesthorne railway station was a railway station that served the villages of
Great Hatfield Great Hatfield is a village in the civil parish of Hatfield, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately south-west of Hornsea town centre, and less than east of Little Hatfield. Gr ...
,
Little Hatfield Little Hatfield is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Hatfield, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately south-west of Hornsea town centre, and less than west of Great Hatfield ...
and
Sigglesthorne Sigglesthorne is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately west of Hornsea on the A1035 road (formerly B1244) where it meets the B1243 road. According to the 2011 UK census, Sigg ...
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 England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
. It was on the
Hull and Hornsea Railway The Hull and Hornsea Railway was a branch line which connected the city of Kingston upon Hull with the seaside town of Hornsea in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. History Early proposals and construction A proposal for a railway line t ...
. It opened on 28 March 1864, and was originally named "Hatfield". It was renamed (to avoid confusion with Hatfield on the
East Coast Main Line The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a electrified railway between London and Edinburgh via Peterborough, Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham and Newcastle. The line is a key transport artery on the eastern side of Great Britain running broa ...
), on 1 October 1874, and closed following the Beeching Report on 19 October 1964. A section of the disused railway line is now a local nature reserve.


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Sigglesthorne station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
Disused railway stations in the East Riding of Yorkshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1864 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations Beeching closures in England Hull and Hornsea Railway Local Nature Reserves in the East Riding of Yorkshire {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub