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Bridlington railway station serves the town of Bridlington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Yorkshire Coast Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services. The station buffet at Bridlington is one of only three original station buffets left in the UK, and provides the prizewinning flower display in the station.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bridlington Railway Station )〕 ==History== The station was opened on 6 October 1846 by the York and North Midland Railway as the terminus of their line running from Hull railway station. An extension northwards to Filey railway station leading to a junction at Seamer railway station connecting with the York to Scarborough Line was opened just over a year later. The original station buildings and platforms (numbered 1–3) were located a few yards to the west of the current station. These consisted of a train shed designed by G T Andrews and similar to his work at Filey and . Platform 3 was an extension to the original scheme and was a bay platform used for many years by the 'Malton Dodger' until the 1950s. Bridlington expanded as a resort at the start of the 20th century largely as a result of the railway. Direct trains ran from the industrial heartlands via Selby and in the summer. The new holiday market led to a huge expansion of the resort and the need for a larger station to take the long excursion trains. The present concourse and the main platforms date from the 1912 expansion of the station which included Bell's wrought iron canopies over the lengthy platforms 5 and 6. A new roofed concourse was built and the new station entrance included the original canopy from the old entrance. After the First World War, excursion platforms were added to cope with the many special trains. On summer Saturdays the timetable would include through trains to Leeds, London, the Midlands and Derbyshire. The inter-war period saw the greatest extent of the station complete with engine shed and two turntables with extensive sidings. The fine compact Station Buffet was built at this time. After the Second World War, the excursion market continued to thrive until the early 1960s particularly with the opening of Butlin's at Filey which had its own station. After the Beeching closures of the Wolds' lines excursions continued but the demand weakened. By the 1980s, rationalisation was overdue as many lines in the station were rarely used except on summer weekends. The timetable was changed to create a regular 30-minute clockface service south of Bridlington with fewer trains to Scarborough. A winter Sunday service was introduced south of Bridlington in the late 1980s. Today's station is much changed from the extensive original and is a fragment. The original train sheds were removed and replaced by concrete canopies as at and during the late 1950s. These original platforms (Nos 1 and 2) were taken out of use in March 1983 and subsequently demolished (the site is now occupied by housing). The excursion platforms on the opposite side (7 & 8) were taken out of regular use before signalling changes in 2000 that put the line northwards towards Filey & Scarborough under the control of the signal boxes at Bridlington South and Seamer, leaving only three platforms (4–6) in operation. Platform 8 was reinstated as a siding (i.e. not for passenger trains) for a time (2003-2007), but then abandoned once again (the track to it was eventually removed in 2015).〔(Railscot - abandoned excursion platform at Bridlington in 2009 ) ''Railscot''; Retrieved 8 September 2015〕 Today's station has preserved the wide concourse and the sweeping curved platforms of the 1912 extension, and it has many floral displays. The station was designated a Grade II listed building in 2003 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bridlington railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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