- Gilberdyke railway station
Infobox UK station
name = Gilberdyke
caption = Southern Railway4-6-0 'N-15/King Arthur' class locomotive 777 "Sir Lamiel" passes through Gilberdyke station on the Down Fast line with a charter train. Wednesday29 December 1982
manager =Northern Rail
locale =Gilberdyke
borough =East Riding of Yorkshire
code = GBD
lowusage0405 = 64,843
lowusage0506 = 66,603
lowusage0607 = 59,765
platforms = 2
start = 1840
latitude = 53.747910
longitude = -0.730000
gridref = SE837286Gilberdyke railway station serves the village of
Gilberdyke in theEast Riding of Yorkshire ,England . The station, and all but three trains serving it, are operated byNorthern Rail . There are also three westbound services per day (Monday-Saturday only) which are operated byFirst TransPennine Express , these trains running through to Liverpool Lime Street andManchester Piccadilly respectively. The station was opened by theHull and Selby Railway in1840 .It was once a relatively busy station, but is now an unmanned halt. A number of tracks have been removed, and facilities are limited to a shelter on each platform. There used to be two 'up' lines and two 'down' lines. The lines to Selby & Leeds and Goole & Doncaster divide immediately west of the station.
The station was previously known as "Staddlethorpe" Station. It had a large number of sidings. One of the main employers near the station was the Staddlethorpe Pole Yard, where telegraph poles were dipped in
creosote .Today the sidings are long gone, having been replaced by an industrial estate. The main employers on the estate are GB Industries, Horncastle Estates, Smith and Nephew, and Smiths Furnishings.
Buildings of Staddlethorpe Station that still exist include the goods shed, the Station Master's House and two adjacent cottages, and, further down Broad Lane, a number of terraced cottages known as Station Cottages.
An application has been submitted for full planning consent for the demolition of the goods shed and the erection of three industrial units split into eighteen smaller business units.
ervices
The station is served hourly in each direction on weekdays by local trains between Hull and Doncaster. Some York trains also call here, along with the aforementioned limited service to Leeds and Manchester. Sundays see an hourly service to Hull and Sheffield.
External links
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