Hull Victoria Pier | |
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General information | |
Location | Victoria Pier, Kingston upon Hull, City of Kingston upon Hull England |
Coordinates | 53°44′18″N 0°20′03″W / 53.7384°N 0.3341°W |
Grid reference | TA100281 |
Platforms | 0 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
c. 1849 | Opened as Hull Corporation Pier |
15 October 1854 | Renamed Hull Victoria Pier |
25 June 1981 | Closed |
Corporation Pier station was the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway's booking office for their ferry service between Corporation Pier, Hull and New Holland Pier in Lincolnshire.[1] It was not rail connected, but served as a ticket office and waiting room for the Humber Ferry.
After a visit by Queen Victoria in 1854 the station and pier were renamed Victoria Pier station in her honour. The name may have stuck to the pier, but it never did to the station. The building itself, and references to it on maps and tickets referred to "Corporation Pier" until closure 117 years later. The station closed in 1985 with the end of the Humber ferry service.