LINE HISTORY
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On 6th October 1846, the York and North Midland Railway Company officially opened the line from Hull to Bridlington. The occasion was marked by a special train of three engines and sixty six carriages travelling from Hull to Bridlington while crowds lined the route to watch.
The line from Seamer junction to Filey had opened the day before but it was another year before the 13 mile section between Filey and Bridlington opened due to the more difficult terrain which it had to pass through.
In 1854 due to amalgamation the line passed into the hands of the NER and in 1923 to the LNER.
The stations and other buildings on the line were designed by the YNMR architect George Townsend Andrews and many of these buildings survive today.
The map on the left shows that there were originally many more stations than there are now. The ones in italics closed between 1950 and 1970.
In 1947 the LNER built a short branch line to serve the holiday camp at Filey but this too closed in 1977. The earthworks of the double facing junction can still be clearly seen between Hunmanby and Filey.
Between Bridlington and Seamer the line was partly reduced to single track in the 1970’s with the section between Filey and Hunmanby being retained as double.
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​We recommend the book 'A History of the Hull to Scarborough Railway' by Addyman and Fawcett for a full and accurate history of the line.
Flamborough 1958 (Tony Ross)
Bempton 1958 (Tony Ross)
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Bridlington platform 1 (Tony Ross)
Bridlington Station
Visitors to Bridlington today could be forgiven for wondering where platforms 1,2 and 3 are as the current three platforms are numbered 4, 5 and 6.
This is because Bridlington station has perhaps changed more than any other on the line. The original GT Andrews designed station with overall roof covering platforms 1, 2 and 3 was demolished in 1983 and it is the 1912 extension designed and built by the NER that is now used.
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NER Tile maps
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​Between 1900 and 1910 the North Eastern Railway (NER) had about 25 tiled maps made and installed at some of their stations to show the extent of their railway network at the time. The tiles were produced at the Craven Dunnill factory in Jackfield, Shropshire and were so well made that at least 12 of the original maps still survive today including two on this line at Beverley and Scarborough stations.
The maps include a line from Beverley to North Frodingham, the proposed North Holderness Light Railway, which was never built.
Bridlington’s map was destroyed and thought to have been lost when the original part of the station including platforms 1, 2 and 3 were demolished but the YCCRP found and obtained the remaining tiles in 2021 and employed John Edmond of Hunmanby to restore them and set them onto a printed background of a map which can be seen on the station concourse.
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The Yorkshire Coast Community Rail Partnership purchased two new maps from the North Eastern Tile Company in 2023 and had them installed at Driffield and Filey stations. These new maps were made in the same factory and by the same processes as the original maps in the 1900s.
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Further information about the maps and how to order one for yourself can be found at the North Eastern Tile Company Website
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