Cottingham Railway Station

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Cottingham railway station serves the village of Cottingham in 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 serves the northern suburbs of Hull and generates much commuter traffic. The station was opened on 6 October 1846. The station building was designed by G.T. Andrews,consisting of two platforms, a stationmaster's house, and waiting rooms. In addition to the passenger facilities there was a goods shed, and coal depot to the west of the line, reached by points to the north of the station.Goods transit into Cottingham included coal and building materials, whilst goods outwards from cottingham included large amounts of agricultural produce as well as livestock. Goods traffic ended in 1970.