Classic route
Yorkshire Coast Line
Hull → Scarborough · England
From Hull by Beverley and Driffield to Bridlington, then along the Yorkshire coast by Filey to Scarborough; the last link, from Bridlington to Filey, opened on 20 October 1847.
- Distance
- 86 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 57 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmHull +1
- 6 kmCottingham
- 13 kmBeverley
- 18 kmArram
- 26 kmHutton Cranswick
- 31 kmDriffield
- 35 kmNafferton
- 50 kmBridlington
- 71 kmFiley
- 86 kmScarborough
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 7606212: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of train 28626
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Yorkshire Coast Line?
The Yorkshire Coast Line runs 86 km from Hull to Scarborough.
How long does the Yorkshire Coast Line take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 30 min for the 86 km. That is an average of 57 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Yorkshire Coast Line?
Northern.
How old is the Yorkshire Coast Line?
The line has been in service since 1847. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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