Wassand railway station was a railway station that served the villages of

Wassand Wassand is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately west of Hornsea and to the south of the A1035 road (formerly B1244). It forms part of the civil parish of Seaton. Wassand Hall is a large Regency ho ...

and Goxhill 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 in 1865, and was originally named "Goxhill". It was renamed "Wassand" (to avoid confusion with Goxhill in

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

) on 1 October 1904, and closed on 21 September 1953.

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Wassand station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
Disused railway stations in the East Riding of Yorkshire Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1865 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1953 Hull and Hornsea Railway {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub