Old Photographs around Bridlington Railway Station
Above early advertising poster for the new British Railway, which had been formed in 1948, from the 'Big 4' Private Railway Companies. The Great Western Railway (GWR), The Southern Railway (SR), The London & North Eastern Railway (LNER), and the London Midland & Scottish (LMS).
Above Pre-War Posters for Excursion Trains to Bridlington. The Yorkshire Coast Railway line became a popular destination for excursion trains. The Victorians developed the seaside resorts of Bridlington, Filey and Scarborough. These some old railway handbills for these happy excursion trains, from 1939, a few months before the start of World War II. The London & North Eastern Railway Company own the railway line at this time. Thank you to Carl Pollitt & Margaret Hey (Bolton) for donating them. Several are now displayed in the Old Station Waiting Rooms at Hunmanby Railway Station.
The photograph above was taken in July 1956 with the 10:30am Summer Saturday Only, Sheffield Victoria to Filey Holiday Camp Train. It is leaving from the former platform 1. (Time of departure 1.02pm) This section of the station which has now been demolished and replaced by housing. Features of the railway of the 1950's and 60's the point rodding, old semaphore signal, telegraph wires and coal wagon, the rails are in short lengths and the sidings are packed with plenty of clinker, used as ballast. Photograph thanks to the late Tony Ross.
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Above, A British Railways poster for an Excursion Train from Wadsley Bridge and Sheffield Victoria to Bridlington for July 1959. Thank you to Carl Pollitt & Margaret Hey (Bolton) for donating them. Several are now displayed in the Old Station Waiting Rooms at Hunmanby Railway Station.
Photo Above: Platform one, & the train is heading north to Scarborough. It is taken from the passenger bridge & you can see the taxi rank running alongside the platform, with the main station frontage out of view. Date late 50s, so everything would change in the next decade when platforms 1-3 were demolished & the main entrance changed to the south side of the station. Photo thanks to the late Tony Ross.
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Heading south, on the left is the Filey Holiday Camp to London Kings Cross Summer Saturday Restaurant Car Express in 1954. It is seen passing Bridlington South Signal Box with K3, 61872. The other locomotive is station pilot 4MT locomotive, 43131 which is taking an empty coaching stock out of platform 8. On the extreme right is the former steam shed at Bridlington with 2 more locomotives in steam. The much shorter 'summer season' on the Yorkshire Coast in the 1950's would see full utilisation of platforms 5-8. Photo thanks to the late Tony Ross.
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Again, heading south in August 1955, B1 locomotive 61165 hauling the return Summer Saturday Only train to Rotherham Central. This locomotive was based a Mexborough shed. Photo thanks to the late Tony Ross.
Further details from the webpage a tribute to Tony Ross
Above, A British Railways poster. Easter falls early in 1964 there is an Excursion Train running to Bridlington from Hull, cost 6 shillings. Thank you to Carl Pollitt & Margaret Hey (Bolton) for donating them. Several are now displayed in the Old Station Waiting Rooms at Hunmanby Railway Station.
Photographs above show the May 1969 to May 1970 British Railways Eastern Region Timetable (cost 3 Shillings.)
What is often overlooked is how basic the passenger train service was. There were large gaps in the service, especially at village stations. Today the weekday frequency is a half hourly frequency between Hull and Bridlington and an hourly service onto Scarborough. Thanks to Peter Robinson for the donation of timetables for the old British Railways Eastern Region from the 1960's and 70's
Updated 22.10.2021