Public (rail) footbridge - Holderness Road, Hull

[dennis dominator]

janeyanne/  nearly right i allso ran up them stairs and got coverd in muck the one amared man opend and closed the gates. there was only one oher crossing near there it in dansom lane near reckites. the hay yard was opp side the corner of beeton st. do you remberwhen  the site of morrisons was a bus depot.       bil

Yes part of the site was the east Hull bus depot for Hull city transport.
It was built of ferros brick and a grade two listed building.
Funny how it got accidently demolished without checking first for listed status.
The car park for Morrisons was Hull Kingston Rovers car park. Where the store is now was where the pitch and the stands where and where Morrisons elivery road and staff parking is where the bus depot was.

[timnuttall2000]

Hi everyone,

I've just found this forum and thread whilst researching the Withernsea to Hull Railway line. I recently came across some footage of the whole line, filmed from the cab of a train travelling the line in 1957, which I've uploaded to Youtube. The link to this footage is here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFfy5ZVi-XA

Southcoates Station and Holderness Road crossing (including footbridge!) appear from approximately 2 minutes and 55 seconds in to the film.

Thought I'd post the link here as I thought it would be of interest to some of you.

Cheers

Tim

[dennis dominator]

Excellent footage. I was sat there watching it with a smile on my face when it got into Hull as i remember some of the landmarks and many of the bridges are still there.
I too use to run onto the top of that bridge when a train was coming just like those people stud on it in the film.

Thanks for that.

[bessingby]

hi again janeyanne  ive just been looking thu a book out of library called hull-then  and now.there is pictures of railway crssings with steps going over the rails when the gates are closed . i  never knew about them.all our talk was holderness rd. i know its a while since but its a bit of interest            cheers

[bessingby]

hi hepbun

iknow its rather late with this reply .but if you want to know any thing about hull ,just look into abook named,hull.then sndnow,
it can be borried from libary.irecently read and ive lived all my life and some of it was new to me .
for istance ididnt know that had been a rail crossing plus over head steps going over .it was near the pup
ripon arms.i hope you or any other readers can read it. it very interes         
     bill

[bessingby]

hi hepburn
sorry about the spelling in my p/m the pub not pup ripon arms was on hedon road near the crossing try
and get the book ,it may bring back memories

[bessingby]

hi dennis
ive just beenreading the old treads regarding hold rd crossing but iam surprised not a mention about the ripon arms crossing.i know poeple are no longer with us now{i shoudnt think so] but i thought might have been a good talking point .by the way i rember the old rovers gr at the bottom of craven st

[dennis dominator]

Hi bessingby. i don't know of the ripon arms crossing but I'm sure as hell my Dad will, I'm seeing him on Christmas day so i will mention it and I'm sure i will say ah of course i do remember it.
Wow you remember Rovers ground at Craven street. As far as i recall they moved in 1922.

Regards.
DD

[bessingby]

hey dennis i iam not that old  getting on yes
but what i meant was when i went down craven st and climb up the steps {did you know about them }to go on to hedon rd i looked down and saw where ground had been so i was told i was only a young lad. :

         merry xmas bill