Wassand railway station explained

Wassand
Status:Closed
Borough:Goxhill, East Riding of Yorkshire
Country:England
Coordinates:53.883°N -0.1938°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Hull and Hornsea Railway
Pregroup:North Eastern Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years:1865
Events:opened as Goxhill
Years1:1904
Events1:renamed
Years2:1953
Events2:closed

Wassand railway station was a railway station that served the villages of Wassand and Goxhill in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was on the Hull and Hornsea Railway.

It opened in 1865, and was originally named "Goxhill". It was renamed "Wassand" (to avoid confusion with Goxhill in Lincolnshire) on 1 October 1904, and closed on 21 September 1953.

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