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Hunmanby railway station  

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Hunmanby railway, is served by Northern trains on the Yorkshire Wolds Coast line, trains run north to Scarborough calling at Filey and Seamer, to the South, trains run to Hull, via Bempton, Bridlington, Driffield and Beverley. Most trains continue to and from  Doncaster, a couple even run direct to and from Meadowhall and Sheffield. The local trains have toilets on board but there is no catering service on the train. However many local stations have station buffets including, Scarborough, Filey, Bridlington and Driffield.

Hunmanby railway station has seen it's environment improved over the last 18 months, through the efforts of the local 'Hunmanby in Bloom' group and the owners of the old station house, where good value self catering accomodation has been provided in the old waiting rooms.

The Old Waiting Rooms, Hunmanby railway station: www.oldwaitingrooms.co.uk


If you would like a relaxing break, fancy leaving the car at home, what better way than booking a break at Hunmanby railway station!

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Free Rail travel on the Yorkshire Wolds Coast Line
If you stay at 'The Old Waiting Rooms' at Hunmanby railway station your stay includes a free rail pass for two on the local railway line, Hull to Scarborough! You can enjoy a different destination each day, travel for free and no car parking worries!

If you arrive by train, a special welcome pack is provided. The village is well equiped, a co-op, deli, green grocers, post office, general store, butchers, hardware shop, chemist, fish & chip shop and two more take-aways. Hunmanby, one of the countries largest villages, boasts several public houses, The Buck, Cottage, Horseshoe, White Swan, Railway Tavern, The Playing Fields Association and the Wrangham House Hotel.

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further local information www.hunmanby.com
If you are staying a while opticians, dentist, & doctors surgery!

Full details of Hunmanby Railway station are on the National Rail website
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/hub/details.html


The local train service is operated by Northern Rail the details of your local trains from Hunmanby are available on the link below

http://www.northernrail.org/travel/timetables/809800




The link below gives useful information regarding Hunmanby station and how trains are running

www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/station.aspx?T=HUB

If you are using Hunmanby railway station, there is a telephone on the path to the Scarborough platform, (seen in the photo above, by the flower bed constructed by the 'Hunmanby in Bloom'  group. From this you can make a call (free of charge) dial **2 to contact Northern Rail Customer Services. This is useful as there is no public address system at the station.

Getting to Hunmanby, helpful hints on buying cheaper rail tickets:

Though Hunmanby railway station is unstaffed there are ways of purchasing cheaper train tickets by booking in advance either over the internet, through a rail appointed travel agent, or at a staffed station to Hunmanby being Scarborough. While booking in advance does commit you to travelling on a certain train, on a certain date, it does include reserved seats on the trains where seat reservations are possible.  

While Northern Rail (who operate the local train service) do not generally offer cheaper tickets for advance booking most long distance train operators do, many also offer highly discounted through tickets to and from Hunmanby.


As a rough guide good value tickets can be bought where parts of your rail journey uses the 'Cross Country' or 'National Express East Coast'  networks ie cheap singles are on offer to Derby (but not Sheffield) 
A good site to use to book on line is with Nationalexpresseastcoast as many of their own fares offer a 10% discount, they don't charge a booking fee, and the tickets are posted to your home at no extra charge!:  
www.nationalexpresseastcoast.com

Examples of best value single tickets to
Boston railway station to Hunmanby railway station £8.90
Nottingham railway station to Hunmanby railway station £8.90
Peterborough railway station to Hunmanby railway station £8.90
Bury St Edmunds to Hunmanby railway station £10.70
Ipswich railway station to Hunmanby railway station £11.15
Glasgow railway station to Hunmanby railway station £12
(all prices includes the 10% discount for booking on line)



It is not just larger destinations that good value single tickets can be purchased to:
Here are a few ‘one way’ prices 
Telford railway station to Hunmanby railway station
 £8, (routed via Manchester or Sheffield), 
Spondon railway station, Long Eaton railway station, Beeston railway station to Hunmanby railway station all £8.50 single

Stratford-upon-Avon railway station, Stourbridge Town railway station, Four Oaks railway station to Hunmanby railway station, Nuneaton railway station to Hunmanby railway station all £10 single

Malvern Link railway station to Hunmanby railway staton £11 single

Bath Spa railway station to Hunmanby railway station £16 single

As a general guide, you can normally book up to 12 weeks in advance and the earlier a booking is made the more likelihood of cheaper tickets on a range of services being available (though Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays often have limited cheap tickets available.)