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Withernsea railway station is a disused railway station that was the terminus of the North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Railway (UK)

The North Eastern Railway , was an England rail transport company. It was incorporated in 1854, when four existing companies were combined, and was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the Railways Act 1921 in 1923....
's Hull and Holderness Railway
Hull and Holderness Railway

|}The Hull and Holderness Railway was a branch line in the East Riding of Yorkshire, which connected the city of Kingston upon Hull with the North Sea coast....
 in Withernsea
Withernsea

Withernsea is a seaside resort town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and forms the focal point for a wider community of small villages in Holderness....
, East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire

The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan district with unitary authority status, and is a ceremonial counties of England of England....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. It was opened by the York and North Midland Railway
York and North Midland Railway

The York and North Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom which opened in 1839, connecting York, with the Leeds and Selby Railway and in 1840 with the North Midland Railway at Normanton railway station near Leeds....
 on 27 June 1854. The station was closed to passengers on 19 October 1964.

closure was announced on 14 June 1962, by then Minister of Labour and National Service Sir Walter Turner Monckton, and caused significant protests by local inhabitants.






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Withernsea railway station is a disused railway station that was the terminus of the North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Railway (UK)

The North Eastern Railway , was an England rail transport company. It was incorporated in 1854, when four existing companies were combined, and was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the Railways Act 1921 in 1923....
's Hull and Holderness Railway
Hull and Holderness Railway

|}The Hull and Holderness Railway was a branch line in the East Riding of Yorkshire, which connected the city of Kingston upon Hull with the North Sea coast....
 in Withernsea
Withernsea

Withernsea is a seaside resort town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and forms the focal point for a wider community of small villages in Holderness....
, East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire

The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan district with unitary authority status, and is a ceremonial counties of England of England....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. It was opened by the York and North Midland Railway
York and North Midland Railway

The York and North Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom which opened in 1839, connecting York, with the Leeds and Selby Railway and in 1840 with the North Midland Railway at Normanton railway station near Leeds....
 on 27 June 1854. The station was closed to passengers on 19 October 1964.

Fight against closure

The closure was announced on 14 June 1962, by then Minister of Labour and National Service Sir Walter Turner Monckton, and caused significant protests by local inhabitants. Speeches were made at the local farming-association dinner, where a motion was carried to fight the closure with all means.