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A 1914 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing railways and docks in Hull, including Victoria Pier (lower centre). The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) opened their line from Grimsby to New Holland Pier on 1 March 1848, and from the outset this ran in conjunction with a ferry service between New Holland and the port of Hull. [2]
The Victoria Dock branch line was a branch line within the city of Kingston upon Hull that connected the Hull and Hornsea Railway to the east and the York and North Midland Railway and Hull and Selby Railway to the west, terminating at Victoria Dock Station.
Hull had expanded rapidly during the 18th century with shipping tonnages increasing over ten times in that period, and numerous docks supplementing and connecting Old Dock (Queen's Dock) being built by the Dock company in the 19th: Humber Dock 1809, Junction Dock (Prince's Dock) 1829, by 1846 Railway Dock connected to the Hull and Selby Railway ...
The Hull and Selby Railway is a railway line between Kingston upon Hull and Selby in the United Kingdom which was authorised by an act of 1836 and opened in 1840. As built the line connected with the Leeds and Selby Railway (opened 1834) at Selby, with a Hull terminus adjacent to the Humber Dock.
Hull Marina is a marina for pleasure boats situated in the English city of Kingston upon Hull. It was opened in 1983 on the site of the former Railway Dock and Humber Dock [ 1 ] and is managed by British Waterways Marinas Limited (BWML).
The first was The Dock (1778), (or The Old Dock, known as Queen's Dock after 1855), followed by Humber Dock (1809) and Junction Dock (1829). An extension, Railway Dock (1846), was opened to serve the newly built Hull and Selby Railway. The first dock east of the river, Victoria Dock, opened in 1850.
Pages in category "Docks in Kingston upon Hull" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. ... Railway Dock; S. St Andrew's Dock; U. Union Dock ...
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