SWINE!

I left you following the Hornsea to Hull route through rural East Yorkshire. The next station we arrive at is Skirlaugh, a long walk from the village it purported to serve. Eventually we find the pub, seen way back when, as they say. The Duke of York at South Skirlaugh still serves customers today.

Further towards Hull was Swine, a typical rural station on the branch.

We meet the outskirts of the city at Sutton-on-Hull.

Nearby is Stoneferry Bridge, where, as the name suggests, there was a ferry across the River Hull. This new bridge replaced it in 1905.

A year later and the North Eastern Railway is preparing to replace the bridge at Wilmington with a new one.

Slightly backtracking, we find the Hull & Barnsley Railways line to the docks, at Sculcoates. The power station here is seen from the H&B embankment.

Here's an aerial view of the power station and its surroundings. The H&B's Cannon Street branch is in the foreground and the two railways will merge, just out of shot, at Beverley Road.

Beverley Road station, closed in 1924, was one of the H&B's busiest. Situated only on the Cannon Street line, it provided easy access to the city of Hull's tram network. (Photo by Ben Brooksbank).

A Hull tram passes under the H&B on Beverley Road.

The horse tram depot was nearby, on Temple Street. The last one enters the building.

Another electric car on Beverley Road.

The trams crossed the NER on the level at Stepney station. The buildings here survive, though rail traffic ceased in the 1960s.

Beside Stepney station is this fine boozer. It's closed at the time of writing, but there are plans to bring it back to life. Let's hope they succeed.

We now head west through the suburbs of Hull and find a bar called Pave on Princes Avenue. It has a good range of real ales.

That seems a good place to conclude this post. The next one will see us visiting two loco sheds.