Wressle railway station

Railway station in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England

53°46′23″N 0°55′26″W / 53.77292°N 0.92401°W / 53.77292; -0.92401Grid referenceSE710312Managed byNorthernPlatforms2Other informationStation codeWRSClassificationDfT category F2HistoryOpened1840Passengers2018/19

7202019/20

8662020/21

942021/22

5022022/23

494

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Wressle railway station is a railway station on the Selby Line that serves the village of Wressle in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated 25 miles (40 km) west of Hull Paragon.

History

The Hull and Selby Railway was opened 2 July 1840.^[1] Wressle station does not appear to have been an original feature of the line;^{[note 1]} however a market day service from "Wressel Bridge" was recorded in 1843.^[2]^[3]

The station was in full use by 1855.^[2] 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.^[3]

Wressle was listed for closure in the 1963 Beeching report, but remained open to avoid local hardship. The station became unstaffed in 1976.^[3]

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 level crossing at the eastern end.^[4]

Services

Seven trains a day call at Wressle (Mon-Sat) in the May 2023 timetable (mostly in peak periods); four to York and three to Hull. Two of the Hull trains continue to Bridlington via Beverley. 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 Northern.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Selby		Northern Selby Line		Howden

Notes

^ Butt (1995) states the station opened on 2 July 1840. However the station does not appear in contemporary newspaper reports, or in the 2 July 1840 timetable.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b MacTurk 1970, pp. 68–76, 77.
^ ^a ^b Quick 2009, p. 420.
^ ^a ^b ^c Tuffrey, Peter (2012). East Yorkshire Railway Stations. p. 128. ISBN 9781445605029.
^ "Wressle station facilities". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 18 January 2017.

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
MacTurk, G.G. (1970) [1879]. A history of the Hull Railways.
Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.