HULL

As we proceed along Anlaby Road towards the centre of Hull, we pass the Royal Infirmary, where a group of nurses were photographed around 1945. One of them is my mother.

Hull's main railway station, Paragon, built by the North Eastern Railway, had an entrance on Anlaby Road.

Here's the main entrance, facing the city centre.

The platform ends in NER days.

LNER, ex H&BR, 2427 at Hull Paragon, after the closure of Cannon Street (Hull's other station _ we'll be going there in the next post).

A BRCW DMU at Hull Paragon, 1983.

Like most major stations, Paragon had a station pilot, here performed by 08567 in 1986.

Most of today's services are run by Northern and Trans Pennine.

Kingston-upon-Hull Corporation Transport (KHCT) used Ferensway bus station, adjacent to Paragon railway station. Here's a Metropolitan 'decker.

There was a depot at Ferensway too, found in 1980 to be holding a Leyland Panther.

Meanwhile, here's a Scania of KHCT, in the bus station.

KHCT sold out to the Stagecoach Group and the stripes soon took over.

Today, the bus and railway stations have been combined - a good example of how things can and should be done. Stagecoach's new livery is demonstrated here.

Hull's other major operator was/is East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS). In the earlier National Bus Company days, a dark blue colour scheme was employed.

Red replaced the blue, but that colour re-appeared on Routemasters!

EYMS today is part of the Go Ahead Group and the buses always look really smart.

With the opening of the Humber Bridge, Lincolnshire Road Car was able to access Hull.

Deregulation saw various independents emerge, one of which, City Central, briefly brought back the old "Corporation Transport" livery.

Pride of the Road also ran services for a few years.

Time now to head into the city centre, when trams ran along George Street.

Here's a busy tramway scene.

Central Hull suffered terribly during the Second World War. This is 1941.

The trams just survived the war, but were soon replaced with trolleybuses.

An independent, Connor & Graham, used a termnating point away from Ferensway. Buses over the years included an ancient Guy Arab and a Bedford VAL.

Nearby is one of Hull's best free houses, the Hop & Vine.

There's a big Wetherspoons, the Admiral of the Humber, in the city centre.

At the end of the same street, the much more traditional Punch Hotel.

We'll now jump on this road train.....

.....and we'll find out where it takes us in the next post.