Hull Paragon Interchange

Hull Paragon Interchange
The original station entrance
General information
Location	Kingston upon Hull England
Coordinates	53°44′37″N 0°20′46″W / 53.7435°N 0.3460°W / 53.7435; -0.3460
Grid reference	TA090287
Managed by	TransPennine Express
Platforms	7 As of spring 2024
Other information
Station code	HUL
Classification	DfT category B
History
Opened	1847
Passengers
2019/20	2.383 million
2020/21	0.538 million
2021/22	1.993 million
2022/23	2.383 million
2023/24	2.640 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Hull Paragon Interchange is a transport interchange providing rail, bus and coach services located in the city centre of Kingston upon Hull, England. The G. T. Andrews-designed station was originally named Paragon Station, and together with the adjoining Station Hotel, it opened in 1847 as the new Hull terminus for the growing traffic of the York and North Midland (Y&NMR) leased to the Hull and Selby Railway (H&S).^[1] As well as trains to the west, the station was the terminus of the Y&NMR and H&S railway's Hull to Scarborough Line. From the 1860s the station also became the terminus of the Hull and Holderness and Hull and Hornsea railways.

At the beginning of the 20th century the North Eastern Railway (NER) expanded the trainshed and station to the designs of William Bell, installing the present five arched span platform roof. In 1962 a modernist office block Paragon House was installed above the station main entrance, replacing a 1900s iron canopy; the offices were initially used as regional headquarters for British Rail.

A bus station was erected adjacent to the north of the station in the mid 1930s. In the early 2000s plans for an integrated bus and rail station were made, as part of a larger development including a shopping centre; St Stephen's shopping centre, a hotel, housing, and music and theatre facilities. The new station, named "Paragon Interchange" opened in September 2007, integrating the city's railway and bus stations under William Bell's 1900s trainshed.

The station is currently operated by TransPennine Express, which provides train services along with Northern Trains, Hull Trains and London North Eastern Railway.