Wressle railway station is a

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on the

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that serves the village of

Wressle Wressle (with spelling variations of ''Wressell'', and ''Wressel'', in Leland's ''Itinerary'' as ''Wreshil'', in the Domesday Book as ''Weresa'') is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, lying on the eastern bank ...

in the

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, England. It is situated west of .

History

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 ...

was opened 2 July 1840. Wressle station does not appear to have been an original feature of the line; however a market day service from "Wressel Bridge" was recorded in 1843. The station was in full use by 1855. The station was a single storey brick structure with a verandah, located on the south platform. The spellings ''Wressel'' and ''Wressle'' have both been used, with the 'Wressle' becoming standard after around 1863. Wressle was listed for closure in the 1963

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, but remained open to avoid local hardship. The station became unstaffed in 1976.

Facilities

The station has very basic amenities - it has a waiting shelter on platform 1, a single customer help point on platform 2 and timetable poster boards on each side. There is no ticket machine, so passengers must buy in advance or on the train. Step-free access is available to both platforms via the

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at the eastern end.

Services

Seven trains a day call at Wressle (Mon-Sat) in the December 2019 timetable (mostly in peak periods); four to and three to Hull. Two of the Hull trains continue to Bridlington via Beverley since the December 2019 Timetable Change. No trains call on Sundays. A normal Monday to Friday service operates on Bank holidays. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by

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Railway stations in the East Riding of Yorkshire DfT Category F2 stations Northern franchise railway stations Former Hull and Selby Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1840 {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub