Hull and Holderness Railway

The Hull and Holderness Railway was a branch line railway in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England that connected the city of Kingston upon Hull with the North Sea coast at Withernsea.

An early proposal for a railway eastwards from Hull into Holderness was made in 1845 by the York and North Midland Railway for a line from a junction on a line to the east Dock (Victoria Dock) at Drypool to Patrington via Hedon; the Patrington line was not included in the resultant acts of 1846.

A second attempt at a line was promoted by Hull businessman Anthony Bannister, with the intention of linking Hull with the rich agricultural area of South Holderness, and the development of a coastal village (Withernsea) into a new seaside resort, the silting up of Patrington Haven was another incentive for the construction of a line, since it could no longer be used for transportation.

A prospectus was issued in 1852, and the "Hull and Holderness Railway Act" passed 1853. Construction of the line in the flat and open Holderness plain was rapid and the line of about 18 miles (29 km) was opened on 24 June 1854.

The line was originally built as a single track line, except sections at Hedon and near Ryehill. At Withernsea (which in 1851 had a population of only 109) a Hotel "Station Hotel" (later called "Queen's Hotel") was built.

The line began at the York and North Midland Railway's Victoria Dock station and ran east, passing Hedon to the north, it then turned south-east passing Burstwick to the south halfway between the village and Ryehill, then the line passed Keyingham to the north and then east and south to Patrington; the last village of any note before Withernsea which was to the north-east, and in which the line terminated.

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