As the title suggests, we're about to take our leave of the city of Hull, but not before calling in at the Corporation's Cottingham Road depot. Two visits; 1962 and 1987.
On now to the commuter town of Cottingham, with a station on the NER Hull to Beverley (and beyond) route.
LNER 4629 calls with a northbound local.
The station, still open, 2011.
Cottingham's 'main drag' is called Hall Gate.
Looking t'other way, towards the church.
They must have heard we were coming! Sadly, no! It's Cottingham Day 2015 (Photo by Dom Fellowes, Creative Commons License).
The first pub we arrive at, the Railway, is now permanently closed.
Fortunately the Blue Bell and the King William IV are still well and truly in business.
There's even a new micropub......a good one!
From Cottingham, we head vaguely southwest to Willerby & Kirk Ella station on the Hull & Barnsley Railway.
Passenger traffic ceased in 1955, while some residual freight lasted until 1964. A mile or so towards the northwest was Eppleworth. No station here, but there was a goods loop and a viaduct. In LNER days, an O4 2-8-0 is in charge of a freight. Note the signals, of both H&BR and NER design.
Rather than follow the H&BR (we'll return later), we head directly down to the banks of the Humber and arrive at Ferriby (strictly speaking, North Ferriby). At the station, LNER 819 passes through with a freight.
In 2005, unit 156489 is about to pass through, heading west.
Here's a view of the station, reduced from four tracks to three.
From North Ferriby there are fine views of the Humber Bridge.
The next post will see us skirting the Humber, then it's off to the Caves.
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