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{{Short description|Transport interchange in Yorkshire, England}}
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{{Infobox station
| name               = Hull Paragon Interchange
| symbol_location    = gb
| symbol             = rail
| image              = Original entrance to Hull Paragon station (geograph 4853166).jpg
| caption            = The original station entrance
| borough            = [[Kingston upon Hull]]
| country            = England
| coordinates        = {{coord|53.7435|-0.3460|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name          = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position      = {{gbmapscaled|TA090287|25|TA090287}}
| manager            = [[TransPennine Express]]
| platforms          = 7
| code               = HUL
| classification     = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] B
| opened             = 1847
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| footnotes          = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
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'''Hull Paragon Interchange''' is a [[transport interchange]] providing rail, bus and coach services located in the city centre of [[Kingston upon Hull]], England. The [[G.&nbsp;T. Andrews]]-designed station was originally named ''Paragon Station'', and together with the adjoining Station Hotel, it opened in 1847 as the new Hull terminus for the growing traffic of the [[York and North Midland Railway|York and North Midland]] (Y&NMR) leased to the [[Hull and Selby Railway]] (H&S).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Young|first1=Angus|title=Hull Paragon Station gets new stonework facelift|url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-Paragon-Station-gets-new-stonework-facelift/story-26842598-detail/story.html|access-date=28 January 2016|work=Hull Daily Mail|date=7 July 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810231836/http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-Paragon-Station-gets-new-stonework-facelift/story-26842598-detail/story.html|archive-date=10 August 2015}}</ref> As well as trains to the west, the station was the terminus of the Y&NMR and H&S railway's [[Hull to Scarborough Line]]. From the 1860s the station also became the terminus of the [[Hull and Holderness Railway|Hull and Holderness]] and [[Hull and Hornsea Railway|Hull and Hornsea]] railways.

At the beginning of the 20th&nbsp;century the [[North Eastern Railway (UK)|North Eastern Railway]] (NER) expanded the trainshed and station to the designs of [[William Bell (architect)|William Bell]], installing the present five arched span platform roof. In 1962 a modernist office block Paragon House was installed above the station main entrance, replacing a 1900s iron canopy; the offices were initially used as regional headquarters for [[British Rail]].

A bus station was erected adjacent to the north of the station in the mid 1930s. In the early 2000s plans for an integrated bus and rail station were made, as part of a larger development including a shopping centre; [[St Stephen's Hull|St Stephen's shopping centre]], a hotel, housing, and music and theatre facilities. The new station, named "Paragon Interchange" opened in September 2007, integrating the city's railway and bus stations under William Bell's 1900s trainshed.

The station is currently operated by [[TransPennine Express]], which provides train services along with [[Northern Trains]], [[Hull Trains]] and [[London North Eastern Railway]].

==Paragon railway station==

===Background===
In 1840 the [[Hull and Selby Railway]] opened the first railway line into Hull, terminating at a passenger and goods terminal, [[Manor House Street railway station|Manor House Street station]], adjacent to the [[Humber Dock]], near the old town. Subsequently, the Hull and Selby Railway entered into working arrangements with the [[Manchester and Leeds Railway]] and then the [[York and North Midland Railway]]. In 1845 an [[act of Parliament]]{{which|date=February 2025}} enabled the York and North Midland and/or the Manchester and Leeds to take a lease of the company with an option to buy the line at a later date – only the York and North Midland was subsequently active. In 1846 the Hull and Selby completed its [[Hull and Selby Railway (Bridlington branch)|Bridlington branch]] which connected from a junction at [[Dairycoates]] near Hull to a line the York and North Midland was building from Bridlington to Seamer, connecting to its [[York to Scarborough Line]], forming a railway route from Hull to [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]] on the east coast.<ref>See [[Hull and Selby Railway]], [[Hull to Scarborough Line|Hull to Scarborough Railway]]</ref>

===First railway station, hotel and branches (1848)===
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[[File:Hull Paragon Station original south fascade.jpg|thumb|left|The original southern entrance range (2014)]]

In 1846 the York and North Midland and Manchester and Leeds railways began proceedings to create a new terminal station and connecting branch line in Hull.<ref>{{cite journal|url = https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/20671/page/4970| pages = 4970–1| title = York and North Midland and Manchester and Leeds Railways (Hull Station and Branches)|date = 21 November 1846| issue = 20671| journal = The London Gazette}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url = https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/20671/page/4971| pages = 4971–2| title = York and North Midland (Hull Station and Branches)|date = 21 November 1846| issue = 20671| journal = The London Gazette}}</ref> The '''{{visible anchor|York and North Midland Railway (Hull Station) Act 1847}}''' ([[10 & 11 Vict.]] c. ccxviii) was subsequently passed.{{#tag:ref|"An Act for enabling the ''York and North Midland'' Railway Company to make a Station at ''Hull'', and certain Branch Railways connected with their Railways and the said Station; and for other Purposes" ([[10 & 11 Vict.]] c. ccxviii, 22 July 1847)<ref>{{cite book| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=Rl1FAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR27| title = A Collection of the Public General Statutes passed in the Tenth and Eleventh Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria|year = 1847| page = xxvii}}</ref>|group="n"}}

The new station had the advantage of being better situated for travellers, and allowed the old station to be used exclusively for freight traffic. In addition the Hull and Selby company were keen to attract the investment in a new station from the leaseholders, as the capital investment was likely to increase the permanence of the relationship with the lessors.<ref name="turk">{{cite book |title=A History of the Hull Railways |first=G. G. |last=MacTurk |orig-year=1879 |year=1970 |page=130 |type= reprint}}</ref>

The branches to the station were constructed off the Bridlington branch: a branch turning north-east close to the line's crossing of the Hessle Road;<ref name="hrjn" group="map"/><ref name="os240">Ordnance Survey. Sheet 240. 1853</ref> and a branch turning south-east at 'Cottingham Junction' near to Haverflatts farm;<ref name="cj" group="map"/><ref>Ordnance Survey. Sheet 226. 1853</ref> the two branches met at a junction {{convert|0.5|mi|km|1}} roughly west of the new station.<ref name="os240"/> In addition a new connecting chord was made from the Hull and Selby Line,<ref name="hwj" group="map"/> to the Bridlington branch,<ref name="hrj" group="map"/> allowing direct through running from the west into the new station.<ref>{{cite book| title=A History of the Hull and Scarborough Railway| editor-first=John F.|editor-last = Addyman| editor-first2=Bil|editor-last2= Fawcett|year = 2013| publisher = North Eastern Railway Association|page=15}}</ref> The station was located on the western edge of the growing Georgian town, and took its name from "Paragon Street".{{sfn|Fawcett|2001|p=86}}

Construction contracts had been signed by early 1847, before the bill had been formally passed.{{#tag:ref|{{harvtxt|Fawcett|2001|p=84}} states 1 April 1847, whilst {{harvtxt|Hitches|2012}} gives 1 March 1847|group="n"}} The station opened in 1847 without any notable ceremony.{{sfn|Sheahan|1864|p=572}}

The station and hotel were both in the [[Italian Renaissance revival architecture|Italian Renaissance style]], with both [[Doric order|Doric]] and [[Ionic order]] elements; the facades show inspiration from the interior courtyard of the [[Palazzo Farnese]]. The main station building was aligned east–west, south of the tracks, facing onto Anlaby Road – a two-storey centrally located booking hall was entered via a small [[porte-cochère]],<ref name="se" group="map"/> and flanked by eleven bay wide single storey wings, with two storey three bay buildings on either end, one a parcels office, the other the station master's house.{{sfn|Sheahan|1864|p=572}}{{sfn|Pevsner|Neave|1995|p=524}}{{sfn|Fawcett|2001|p=86}} The train shed contained five tracks and two platforms, each {{convert|30|ft}}, covered with a three span iron roof.<ref name="ps" group="map"/> The station site was nearly {{convert|2.5|acre}}.{{#tag:ref|{{harvtxt|Sheahan|1864|p=572}} gives ground dimensions of {{convert|153|by|125|ft}} long by wide for the station, which appears erroneous based on the 1856 Ordnance Survey 1:1056 town plans.|group="n"}}{{sfn|Sheahan|1864|p=572}}

[[File:Paragon station (Royal Station Hotel) early 1900s or before, postcard.jpg|thumb|Station Hotel, with original ''[[porte-cochère]]'' entrance]]
The hotel was in a similar style to the station, located at the east end of the station with its main façade and entrance facing east.<ref name="sh" group="map"/> It was completed in 1849 as a three-storey building, nine bays wide, of area {{convert|120|by|130|ft}}. The centre of the building contained a {{convert|650|ft}} square lightwell with ground glass roof.{{sfn|Sheahan|1864|pp=572–3}}{{sfn|Pevsner|Neave|1995|p=524}}{{sfn|Fawcett|2001|p=86}}

Architect for both buildings was [[G.&nbsp;T. Andrews]], and represent his last major commission. The station and hotel were described by some contemporaries as "Hudson's Folly", who thought the scale of the development too great;{{sfn|Gillett|MacMahon|1980|p=275}} the station was the largest built in England to that time associated with a railway station.{{sfn|Fawcett|2001|p=86}} By the time of completion of the station hotel [[George Hudson]], chairman of the York and North Midland was in disgrace after his fraudulent dealings had been discovered.{{sfn|Fawcett|2001|p=86}} The hotel's official opening ceremony took place on 6 November 1851.{{sfn|Sheahan|1864|p=572}}

Additional facilities at the station also included a locomotive house, on the west end of north side of the main shed;<ref name="es1" group="map"/> a coal depot to the north-west;<ref name="cd" group="map"/> and a turntable.<ref>Ordnance Survey. 1:1056 Town Plan</ref> A new engine shed was constructed in the 1860s, and a 20 engine shed was constructed in the mid 1870s.<ref name="hshed">{{cite book|title=North Eastern locomotive sheds| first = K.|last= Hoole|author-link= Ken Hoole|year=1986|page =222 }}</ref>{{#tag:ref|A square shed of approximately {{convert|150|ft}} square had been constructed north-west of the original shed, south of St Stephen's church and square by the late 1800s.<ref name="ostown">Ordnance Survey. 1:500 Town Plans 1891</ref><ref name="es2" group="map"/>|group="n"}}

In 1853 [[Queen Victoria]] visited the town, and the use of the station hotel given to the corporation for the accommodation of the royal party; a [[throne room]] was created on the first floor, and the [[Royal Households of the United Kingdom|royal household]] accommodated on the second. The royal party including the Queen, [[Albert, Prince Consort]] and five royal children arrived on the [[British Royal Train|Royal Train]] on 13 October 1853 at Paragon Station. The visit concluded with a dinner at the hotel on 14 October.{{sfn|Sheahan|1864|pp=180–191}}

===NER period (1854–1923)===
[[File:Hull train station form platform 2 (geograph 2596166).jpg|thumb|left|The 1904 trainshed (2011)]]
In 1853 the [[Victoria Dock Branch Line]] had opened in Hull, connecting the [[Victoria Dock, Hull|Victoria Dock]] and a number of stations in Hull on a circular route around the outskirts of the town; the line connected to the existing network at junctions {{convert|0.5|mi|km|1}} west of the station.{{sfn|Tomlinson|1915|pp=519–20}}<ref>Ordnance Survey. 1852-3. Sheets 226, 240</ref> This line was doubled in mid 1864 and brought more trains into Paragon: from the [[Hull and Hornsea Railway]] (opened 1864); and from the [[Hull and Holderness Railway]] (opened 1854{{sfn|Tomlinson|1915|pp=522–3, 525}}) via a connecting chord to the Victoria Dock Branch Line.{{sfn|Tomlinson|1915|p=606, 612}} Further developments in the 1860s created additional or shorted routes into Paragon; the [[York to Beverley Line]] was completed in 1865 with the opening of the Market Weighton to Beverley section;{{sfn|Tomlinson|1915|pp=472, 499, 606, 620}} the [[Hull and Doncaster Branch]] to south Yorkshire in 1869;{{sfn|Tomlinson|1915|pp=608–9, 634}} and the line to Leeds extension was completed, extending the line from Hull to Leeds to the city centre, and allowing through running westward.{{sfn|Tomlinson|1915|pp=472, 499, 606, 620}}

[[File:Paragon Station, Anlaby Road, Kingston upon Hull (geograph 3544478).jpg|thumb|Entrance hall and booking office, with inlaid "NER" mosaic floor monogram (2013)]]
In 1873 the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]] obtained running powers into Hull, and passenger trains from that company running to Paragon from August.{{sfn|Tomlinson|1915|pp=663–4}} In 1898/9 the [[Hull and Barnsley Railway]] and the NER began work towards constructing a joint dock in Hull (see [[Alexandra Dock, Hull|Alexandra Dock]]); as part of this cooperation between the two companies the H&BR gave the NER running powers over its line in Hull, and the NER allowed the H&BR to run into and use Paragon station.{{sfn|Tomlinson|1915|pp=718–721}}

The growth of traffic was accommodated in the mid 1870s by adding a third middle platform to the trainshed; the outer platforms were also lengthened beyond the shed, and short bay platforms added on either side. The cross platform was widened at the expense of the length of the main platforms; the booking office and parcels offices swapped positions, and the middle portico walled up to create greater enclosed space.{{sfn|Fawcett|2001|p=88}}{{sfn|Fawcett|2005|p=45}}<ref>Ordnance Survey. Town Plans. 1856, 1:1056; 1891: 1:500</ref> In 1884/5 the hotel was also expanded, adding room at first floor level by extending westward across a concourse entrance.{{sfn|Fawcett|2001|p=88}} In 1887 a station canopy was added over the ends of the departure (southside) platform that extended beyond the shed.{{sfn|Fawcett|2005|p=45}}<ref group="n">Note. The 1891 Ordnance Survey 1:500 OS Town plan shows the locations of the supporting columns.</ref>

In addition to the standard facilities the increased [[History of immigration to the United States|emigration to the United States]] in the 19th&nbsp;century led to the construction of an emigrant station,<ref name="ewr" group="map"/> south-west of the main station, in part due to concerns over public health dangers, such as cholera; the station also enabled more efficient handling of the large numbers of emigrants. The station rooms were built in 1871 to the designs of [[Thomas Prosser (architect)|Thomas Prosser]], and extended 1881. Because of its historical significance the building is now grade II listed.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1207714|desc= Former Immigrant Station and Railway Platform|access-date=22 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.norwayheritage.com/articles/templates/voyages.asp?articleid=28&zoneid=6| title = Migration from Northern Europe to America via the Port of Hull, 1848–1914| year = 1999| first = Nicholas J. |last =Evans| work = www.norwayheritage.com|access-date=30 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/immig_emig/england/humber/article_2.shtml| title = A piece of Britain that shall forever remain foreign | publisher = BBC|first = Nicholas J. |last =Evans|access-date=23 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Evans | first1 = N. J. | doi = 10.1080/21533369.2001.9668313 | title = Work in progress: Indirect passage from Europe Transmigration via the UK, 1836–1914 | journal = Journal for Maritime Research | volume = 3 | pages = 70–84 | year = 2001 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

An extensive enlargement of the station was authorised by the NER board in 1897, as part of the extension programme the station's engine shed facilities were transferred to a new site at [[Botanic Gardens depot|Botanic Gardens]];{{sfn|Goode|1992|p=36}}<ref name="hshed"/>{{#tag:ref|The station's coal depot was resited to the site of the shed near St Stephens Square.<ref>Ordnance Survey. 1:2500. 1893, 1910–1</ref><ref name="es2" group="map"/>|group="n"}} the transfer was complete by 1901, and in 1902 work began on the rebuilding of the station; the expansion of the site was northwards towards Colliers Street, and required purchases and demolition of houses south of the street.{{sfn|Fawcett|2001|p=88}}{{sfn|Fawcett|2005|p=45}}<ref>Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1893, 1910–11</ref>

[[File:Hull Paragon , The Engineer 11 Feb 1908.jpg|thumb|left|Hull Paragon {{circa|1908}}]]
The main station was enlarged to a design by NER architect [[William Bell (architect)|William Bell]]. The extension included a new five span steel platform roof, with a two span roof over the concourse, built by the [[Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company|Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Co.]],<ref name="ps" group="map"/> with the offices resited to the east end of the station, facing the station concourse, together with the adjacent Hotel. Half of the new office spaces was taken up by a tiled booking office, with wooden booking windows, and architectural detailing in [[faience]].<ref name="th" group="map"/> The booking office's main entrance faced Paragon Square (Ferensway) accessed under a large iron made ''porte-cochère''.{{sfn|Pevsner|Neave|1995|p=524}}{{sfn|Fawcett|2005|pp=45–50}}<ref>{{cite book| title = The Railway Heritage of Britain| year = 1983| first1 = Gordon| last1 = Biddle| first2 = Owsald Stephens| last2 = Nock| author-link2 = O.S. Nock| page  =31}}</ref><ref name="ic" group="map"/> The enlarged station opened 12 December 1904.{{sfn|Tomlinson|1915|p=761}} An additional range of buildings was built {{circa|1908}} to the south-east of the station, to provide stock rooms for the hotel.{{sfn|Fawcett|2005|loc=Fig.3.7, p.46}}{{sfn|The Engineer|11 February 1908|loc=p.160, col.3}}<ref name="bac" group="map"/><ref group="n">The diagram in {{harvtxt|Fawcett|2005|loc=Fig.3.7, p.46}} notes a bakery and stock rooms, whilst {{harvtxt|The Engineer|11 February 1908|loc=p.160, col.3}} notes a motor garage and stock rooms. To the west and south of the 1848 front another building was built at around the same time (OS. 1:2500 1893, 1910/1)</ref>

As built the station had nine platforms under the four southernmost spans of the roof; the northernmost span had facilities for special goods, such as cars and horses, and was screened off from the other four;{{sfn|Fawcett|2005|p=48}} it was served by platform 1, known as the ''fish dock'' or ''fish platform'', which was also used for fish.{{sfn|The Engineer|11 February 1908|loc=p.161, cols.1, 3}} The southern bay platforms, and 1887 platform roof was retained for a total of fourteen passenger platforms; platforms 1–9 also received low level roofs outside the main shed.{{sfn|Fawcett|2005|loc=Figs.3.6 & 3.7, p.46}} The original station offices were retained and used as waiting rooms and parcel offices.{{sfn|Fawcett|2005|p=47}}

In 1904 the station signalling system was converted to an electro-pneumatic power signalling system – the station had two signal boxes: ''Paragon Station box'' was a 143 lever box and was located at the end of platforms 1 and 2;<ref name="plsb" group="map"/> ''Park Street box'', with 179 levers was located {{convert|714|ft}} west of the station.<ref name="ps2">{{cite magazine| title = Paragon Station, Hull, L.N.E.R, is to be resignalled|magazine = The Engineer| date = 3 May 1935| page = 463| url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/4/4e/Er19350503.pdf| volume =159}}</ref><ref name="pssb" group="map"/>

In World War I, the station hosted a rest station and canteen for servicemen.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hull's WWI Hospitals and Charities |url=https://ww1hull.com/hospitals/ |website=Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914–1918|date=26 February 2021 }}</ref>

On 5 March 1916 during a [[First World War]] [[Zeppelin]] raid that killed 17, a bomb blast blew out the glass in the station roof.{{sfn|Gillett|MacMahon|1980|p=376}}

===LNER period (1923–1948)===
From 1924 passenger trains running from the [[Hull and Barnsley Railway|Hull and Barnsley Line]] became able to run into Paragon station with the construction of a connecting chord between the NER and H&BR networks in north-west Hull.<ref name="hbrj" group="map"/> The H&BR's [[Hull Cannon Street railway station|Cannon Street station]] closed in the same year.<ref>{{harvtxt|Hoole|1986|pp=50–51}}. See also [[Hull and Barnsley Railway]] § [[Hull and Barnsley Railway#As part of the LNER (1923–1948)|"As part of the LNER (1923–1948)"]]</ref>

On 14 February 1927 it was the site of a head-on train collision (see [[Hull Paragon rail accident]]) in which 12 passengers were killed and 24 seriously injured, caused by a signalling error.<ref>{{cite book|authorlink=L. T. C. Rolt |first=L.&nbsp;T.&nbsp;C. |last=Rolt |year=1955 |title=Red for Danger|pages= 216–8}}</ref><ref>Sources:
* {{cite news| title = TEN DEAD IN RAIL SMASH: Fifty-Three People Injured: Twenty in Serious Condition TRAINS COLLIDE HEAD ON Breach Made in Hospital Wall for Injured| work = The Manchester Guardian|date = 15 February 1927| page =11}}
* {{cite news| title = HULL RAILWAY DISASTER INQUEST: Rule Often Broken SIGNALS RESTORED TOO SOON Verdict of Accident| work= The Manchester Guardian|date = 17 March 1927| page =7}}
* {{cite news| title = INQUEST ON VICTIMS OF RAIL DISASTER: Distressing Scenes GOVERNMENT INQUIRY OPENS TO-DAY| work = The Manchester Guardian|date = 17 February 1927| page =4}}</ref>

In 1931–32 the hotel was internally revamped, and expanded by the addition of an extra storey of rooms on the roof, replacing staff bedrooms; and by cement rendered wing on either side of the main entrance; an [[art deco]] entrance onto the station concourse was also added.{{sfn|Fawcett|2001|p=86}}{{sfn|Fawcett|2005|pp=198–199}}
A railway museum was established by Hull Museums director [[Thomas Sheppard (curator)|Thomas Sheppard]] in the station in 1933.<ref>{{cite news| work= The Manchester Guardian| date =25 February 1933| page = 8| title = Railway Exhibition at Hull}}</ref><ref name="museum">Sources:
* {{cite web | url=http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/museumcollections/collections/storydetail.php?irn=435&master=489| title = History of Hull Museums (part 2)| work = Hull Museums Collections |year =2008}}
* {{cite web| url = http://www.eras.org.uk/erasnews41.pdf| work = ERAS News| number = 41| date = September 1994| publisher = East Riding Archaeological Society| title = Thomas Sheppard and Archaeological Collecting| first = Bryan| last = Sitch|type = lecture text| pages = 5–12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218043331/http://www.eras.org.uk/erasnews41.pdf|archive-date=18 December 2014}}</ref>

[[File:Hull Paragon Signal Box - geograph.org.uk - 255631.jpg|thumb|1930s signal box (2006)]]
In 1935 the decision was made to resignal the station and approaches, replacing the 1904 electro-pneutmatic power signalling system with an electrically operated system. "Park Street" and "Paragon station" signal boxes were to be replaced with a single box; the running lines out of the station, including those controlled by the ''West Parade signal box'',<ref name="wpsb" group="map"/> were to be [[track circuit]]ed.<ref name="ps2"/>{{#tag:ref|"West Parade" a street between the Park Street and Argyle Street bridges; ''West Parade Junction'' was just east of Argyle street bridge, a double diamond crossover (1928), and the point were the Beverley, Hornsea, Withernsea and Selby lines diverged. "West Parade signal box" was just west of the junction and bridge (OS. 1:2500. 1928)|group="n"}} The system was an early British example of electrical interlocking. 48 points were controlled, using thumb switches in the signal box.<ref>[[#eng1938|The Engineer]] (8 July 1938) p.49, col.1</ref> Power supply was from the [[Hull Corporation]] at 400 V 50&nbsp;Hz three phase, with a backup generator powered by a {{convert|28|hp}} [[Petters Limited|Petter oil-engine]]. The main external system was electrified at 110 V AC, with shunt signals at 100 or 55 V AC; the point motors, previously electro-pneumatically operated were retained, with a {{convert|50|cuft}} per hour {{convert|80|psi}} max. pressure compressor system, duplicated for redundancy.<ref>[[#eng1938|The Engineer]] (8 July 1938) p.49, col.2</ref> Signalling was electric lamp backlit.<ref>[[#eng1938|The Engineer]] (8 July 1938) p.49, cols.2–3</ref> The [[Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company Ltd]] was the main supplier of the equipment.<ref>[[#eng1938|The Engineer]] (8 July 1938) p.49, col.3</ref> A new signal box was installed,<ref name="psb" group="map"/> a LNER type 13, resembling in architectural design the [[Southern Railway (UK)|Southern Railway]]'s ''[[Streamline Moderne]]'' signal boxes, but with square corners.<ref>{{cite book| at = §F. Post-grouping designs, p.43|publisher = English Heritage| title = Railway Signal Boxes – A review| first = John| last = Minnis| work = Research Report Series| number = 28–2012|year = 2012}}</ref>

During the [[Hull Blitz]] of 1941 the station received direct hits on the night of 7 May, with many incendiary bombs hitting the roof. The signal box was badly damaged when a [[parachute mine]] exploded nearby{{sfn|Goode|1992|pp=95–97}} during the same night the station's small railway museum was destroyed by fire.<ref name="museum"/>

===BR period (1948–1995)===
[[File:Paragon Station - geograph.org.uk - 603999.jpg|thumb|Station entrance with ''Paragon House'' above (2003)]]
The main entrance canopy was replaced by an office building ''Paragon House'' in 1962.{{sfn|Pevsner|Neave|1995|p=524}}{{sfn|Fawcett|2005|p=212}}<ref name="ic" group="map"/> The building was originally used as a regional headquarters for [[British Rail]], but was unused in later years.<ref name="ht">{{cite web| at = Hull Paragon Station, p.16| title = Yorkshire Coast Line – Heritage Rail Trail| publisher = Yorkshire Coast Community Rail Partnership| url = http://www.yccrp.co.uk/graphics/Heritage%20Trail.pdf| year = 2011| access-date = 30 June 2014| archive-date = 27 July 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140727095520/http://www.yccrp.co.uk/graphics/Heritage%20Trail.pdf| url-status = dead}}</ref>

In 1965 the [[Newington branch line|Newington branch]] which had been used by trains running from west of Hull to Bridlington and beyond was closed and replaced by a new chord near Victoria crossing.<ref name="wpnj" group="map"/><ref name="arj" group="map"/>{{sfn|Hoole|1986|p=49}} The roofs sheltering platforms 1–9 outside the main shed were removed in the 1970s.{{sfn|Fawcett|2005|p=50}}

In the 1980s a new "travel centre" (booking and information office) was added on the station concourse. The body of the building was faced with light sandstone, with lighting via semicircular arched windows, and an approximately [[barrel roof]]ed skylight. In the same period a [[clerestory]] roofed waiting room was added at the head of the station platforms, an architectural homage to both Victorian trainshed roofs and [[clerestory carriage]]s.{{sfn|Fawcett|2005|loc=p.236; Plate 15.10, p.237; Colour Plate 77, p.239}}

After the privatisation of [[British Transport Hotels]] in the 1980s the "Royal Station Hotel" was renamed ''Royal Hotel''.<ref name="ht"/>

===Post privatisation period (1995–present)===
In 1990 the hotel was gutted by a fire,<ref>{{cite news|work = The Guardian| first= Owen| last = Bowcott| date = 8 October 1990| page=2|title = Police study hotel blaze}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work = The Times|date  =8 October 1990|page =  3| issue = 63831}}</ref> the interior was rebuilt and the hotel re-opened in 1992.{{sfn|Pevsner|Neave|1995|p=524}}

[[File:Paragon Station under renovation - geograph.org.uk - 289258.jpg|thumb|left|Station front during redevelopment, after demolition of 'Paragon House' (2006)]]
In 2000 outline planning permission was given for a transport interchange and shopping and leisure complex near Ferensway, Hull; in 2001 full planning documents were submitted for works on a {{convert|16.8|ha|acre|order=flip|adj=on}} site included a new shopping arcade development incorporating a hotel and car parking facilities; a transport interchange incorporating the station; as well as landscaping, setting out of streets, a petrol station and a housing development.{{sfn|London & Amsterdam (Ferensway) Ltd|2001| loc = Overview Statement, §1-1.5, pp.1–2}} The development also included new facilities for the [[Hull Truck Theatre]] and the [[Albemarle Music Centre]].{{sfn|London & Amsterdam (Ferensway) Ltd|2001| loc = Overview Statement, §3.5, p.4}} The shopping development is known as [[St Stephen's Hull|St Stephen's shopping centre]].<ref name ="pg"/> The interchange fully opened on 16 September 2007.<ref name="open2007"/><ref>{{cite news |title = City's new interchange is open |work = BBC News Online |date = 16 September 2007
|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/6997371.stm |access-date=19 September 2007}}</ref>

Features of the railway 2007 station redevelopment include a new canopy to the Ferensway entrance;<ref name ="pg">{{cite book| title = Hull| series = Pevsner Architectural Guides| first1 = David| last1 = Neave| first2 = Susan| last2= Neave| year =2010|pages = 134–136}}</ref><ref name="ic" group="map"/> the "Paragon House" office block was demolished as part of the redevelopment.<ref name="ht"/> The former station booking office area was restored, and in 2009 opened as a community area.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.railwayheritagetrust.co.uk/index.php?option=com_acymailing&gtask=archive&task=view&mailid=10&key=92aae42a300925544c7ff2c7e0551c49| title = Railway Heritage Trust Funded Project At Hull Wins Award| date = 27 May 2010| work = www.railwayheritagetrust.co.uk|access-date=30 June 2014}}</ref> From 2009 a [[mobility scooter]] hire service was provided at the station.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.visithullandeastyorkshire.com/thedms.aspx?dms=3&feature=2&venue=2296448| title = Travel Extra at Hull Paragon Interchange| access-date = 3 July 2014| work = Visit Hull and East Yorkshire| archive-date = 14 July 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190831/http://www.visithullandeastyorkshire.com/thedms.aspx?dms=3&feature=2&venue=2296448| url-status = dead}}</ref> The interior of the booking office is used (2011) as a branch of [[WH Smith]].<ref name="ht"/>

The new transport interchange was officially opened by the [[Elizabeth II|Queen]] and the [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Duke of Edinburgh]] when they unveiled a plaque on 5 March 2009 after arriving at the station on the [[British Royal Train|Royal Train]].<ref>
{{cite news
|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/7925450.stm
|title = Queen meets city's flood victims
|work = BBC News Online
|access-date = 6 March 2009
|date = 5 March 2009
}}</ref>

A £65,000 bronze statue of Hull resident poet [[Philip Larkin]] by [[Martin Jennings]] was unveiled on the concourse of Hull Paragon Interchange on 2 December 2010, marking the 25th anniversary of the poet's death. The statue was located near to the entrance to the Station Hotel, a favoured watering place of the poet.<ref>{{cite news
 |url         = http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Philip-Larkin-statue-poetry-motion/article-2966204-detail/article.html
 |title       = Bronze tribute depicts Philip Larkin rushing for train at Paragon
 |date        = 3 December 2010
 |work        = Hull Daily Mail
 |access-date  = 3 December 2010
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20101211155023/http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Philip-Larkin-statue-poetry-motion/article-2966204-detail/article.html
 |archive-date = 11 December 2010
 |df          = dmy-all
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/humberside/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_9252000/9252600.stm
|title=Philip Larkin statue unveiled in Hull
|date=2 December 2010
|work=BBC Humberside
|access-date=2 December 2010}}</ref> In 2011, an additional five slate roundels containing inscriptions of Larkin's poems were installed in the floor around the statue;<ref>{{cite news
 |url         = http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/Larkin-s-words-set-greet-visitors-Hull/story-13928283-detail/story.html
 |title       = Larkins words set to greet visitors
 |date        = 23 November 2011
 |work        = Hull Daily Mail
 |access-date  = 6 December 2011
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20111124114727/http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/Larkin-s-words-set-greet-visitors-Hull/story-13928283-detail/story.html
 |archive-date = 24 November 2011
 |df          = dmy-all
}}
</ref> and in 2012 a [[memorial bench]] was installed around a pillar near the statue.<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-20572472
|title=Philip Larkin honoured at Hull Paragon station
|date=2 December 2012
|work=BBC News Humberside
|access-date=6 December 2012}}</ref>

In February 2017 a full-size model of the Gipsy Moth aircraft used by [[Amy Johnson]] to fly solo from Britain to Australia, created over a six-month period by inmates of [[Hull Prison]], was put on display at the station.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-38916959|title=Full-size model of Amy Johnson's Gipsy Moth on show in Hull|date=9 February 2017|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|access-date=12 February 2017}}</ref> This remained throughout the [[Hull UK City of Culture 2017|City of Culture]] but moved to the adjacent [[St Stephen's Hull|St Stephen's shopping centre]] in March 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hullcentral.com/amy-johnsons-plane-rehomes-st-stephens/|title=Amy Johnson's Plane Rehomes in St Stephen's|date=9 March 2018|publisher=Hull Central|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> The station underwent a revamp during 2017, with a £1.4&nbsp;million investment providing a new waiting area and more retail units.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/finish-date-revealed-14m-hull-268968|title=Finish date revealed for Hull Paragon refurb which could bring big brands|first=Henry|last=Saker-Clark|date=4 August 2017|newspaper=Hull Daily Mail|access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref>

In August 2023, a planning application was made by Network Rail to bring Platform 1 back in to use.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-66364256|title=Platform at Hull station may reopen after 30 years|last=Laversuch|first=Chloe|date=1 August 2023|work=BBC News|accessdate=9 August 2023}}</ref>

In September 2024, TransPennine Express announced a £500,000 refurbish of the toilet facilities, following a letter from Hull MP [[Diana Johnson]], who described the situation as "unacceptably poor".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp35ee1p7n7o|title=Hull Paragon station to get £500k toilets revamp|date=12 September 2024|work=BBC News|accessdate=17 September 2024}}</ref>

===Bus and coach station===
===History and description===
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[[File:Hull Bus Station 2004 prior to being demolished (geograph 3048274).jpg|thumb|left|1930s Collier Street bus station (2004)]]
A bus station was built adjacent to Paragon station in 1935, at a cost of £55,000 on land freed by [[Slum clearance in the United Kingdom|slum clearance]].<ref>{{cite news| work = Manchester Guardian| date = 23 October 1935| title = New Coach Station for Hull|page = 9}}</ref>

A new bus station integrated with the main railway station was developed and constructed in the first decade of the 21st&nbsp;century. (see also §[[#Post privatisation period (1995–)|Paragon station post privatisation]].)

Hull Paragon Interchange opened on Sunday 16 September 2007 combining rail and bus station services on a single site. The bus terminal has 38 bus and 4 coach stands, replacing a separate 'island' bus station;<ref name="open2007">{{cite web| url=http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,53034&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL| title = Paragon Interchange| publisher = Hull City Council| access-date = 7 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wilkinsoneyre.com/projects/paragon-transport-interchange.aspx?category=infrastructure |title=Paragon Transport Interchange |publisher=Wilkinson Eyre Architects |access-date=11 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517170137/http://www.wilkinsoneyre.com/projects/paragon-transport-interchange.aspx?category=infrastructure |archive-date=17 May 2013  }}</ref> the site of the former Hull Bus Station, adjacent to the north of the railway station now forms part of the [[St Stephen's Hull|St Stephen's shopping centre]].<ref>Ordnance Survey. 1:2500. 1959–70; OS Open Data, {{circa|2014}}</ref> The bus ranks are located at the north of the station, in a "saw-tooth" arrangement. The entrance to the station is from Ferensway, and a reversing roundabout was provided at the west end of the station.{{sfn|London & Amsterdam (Ferensway) Ltd|2001| loc = 01_00913_PO-DRAWINGS-347163, Sheet 3, "Proposed Site Plan" (Job 2836, Drawing SK-010, Revision A)}}<ref name="ltp">{{cite book| publisher = Hull City Council| title = Local Transport Plan (2011–2026)| at = §8.1.2, pp.64–5| url = http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,161326&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL| chapter = 8. Public transport| chapter-url = http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/HOME/COUNCIL%20GOVERNMENT%20AND%20DEMOCRACY/ABOUT%20HULL%20CITY%20COUNCIL/COUNCIL%20POLICIES%20AND%20PLANS/TRANSPORT%20AND%20STREETS%20STRATEGIES/LOCAL%20TRANSPORT%20PLAN/2011LTPPLAN_CHAPTER08.PDF| date = January 2011| access-date = 30 June 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121031044057/http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,161326&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL| archive-date = 31 October 2012| url-status = dead}}</ref> The station has approximately 1,700 bus departures per day (September 2010).<ref name="ltp"/> The area under the northernmost span of the trainshed roof was converted into the concourse and queueing area for the bus station.<ref name="ht"/><ref name="pibc" group="map"/>
{{Clear}}

==Services==
===Bus services===
Bus services run from the station to all areas of Hull, as well as to the [[East Riding of Yorkshire|East Riding]] and [[North Lincolnshire]] and as far out as [[York]], [[Leeds]], [[Grimsby]] and [[Scunthorpe]] on some express services. Most city bus services are operated by [[Stagecoach East Midlands]], whilst [[East Yorkshire (bus company)|East Yorkshire]] is the main bus company for services to the East Riding. Services to [[North East Lincolnshire]] are operated by [[Stagecoach in Lincolnshire]] and [[Stagecoach Grimsby-Cleethorpes]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hull Bus Services |work=Bus Times |date=2023 |access-date=3 December 2023 |url= https://bustimes.org/localities/hull |quote=}}</ref>

===Rail services===
Hull Paragon is managed by TransPennine Express, serving mainly its North TransPennine route and several Northern Trains routes. Additional services are provided by Hull Trains and London North Eastern Railway.

* [[TransPennine Express]] operates a Monday-Saturday service of one train per hour to and from [[Manchester]] via {{rws|Leeds}}. During daytimes, 5 trains a day call at {{rws|Manchester Piccadilly}}, whereas during Mornings and Evenings, trains call at {{rws|Manchester Victoria}}. Evening trains into Manchester Victoria then proceed onto {{rws|Liverpool Lime Street}}. On Sunday, an hourly service runs to {{rws|Manchester Piccadilly}}.

* [[Northern Trains]]' weekday service consists of two trains per hour from Hull to {{rws|Bridlington}}, made up of one semi-fast service and one stopping service, with one service per hour continuing through to {{rws|Scarborough}}. Northern also operates one fast service per hour to {{rws|Sheffield}} via {{rws|Goole}} plus a second local stopping train each hour to {{rws|Doncaster}} and hourly to both {{rws|York}} and {{rws|Halifax|England}} via Leeds. At peak times, there are additional services between Hull and [[Beverley railway station|Beverley]], calling at {{stnlnk|Cottingham}}. Weekend running is similar, but with reduced frequencies on some routes and all services finishing earlier. Most fast services from Sheffield call at Hull before continuing to Scarborough, although some timetables show these services as separate rather than continuous.<ref>See 2014 Northern Rail Timetables: 28, "Hull to Bridlington and Scarborough"; 30. "Hull to Doncaster and Sheffield"; 34, "York to Selby and Hull and York to Sheffield via Pontefract Baghill"</ref> All services are typically operated by a mixture of [[British Rail Class 150|Class 150 ''Sprinters'']], [[British Rail Class 155|Class 155 ''Sprinters'']], [[British Rail Class 158|Class 158 ''Express Sprinters'']] and [[British Rail Class 170|Class 170 ''Turbostars'']].{{cn|date=December 2023}}

* [[Hull Trains]] operates a weekday service of seven trains in each direction to {{rws|London King's Cross}}. At weekends, this service is reduced with 6 trains on Saturday and 5 on Sunday. However, Sunday services were increased to 6 trains in each direction from December 2017. Every day, one train to London starts at [[Beverley railway station|Beverley]] progressing to Hull in the early morning, with one late night train from London terminating at Beverley after Hull.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hulltrains.co.uk/travel-information/our-timetables/ |title=Our Timetables|publisher= First Hull Trains|access-date=6 February 2017}}</ref><ref name="New Services">{{cite news |url= http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/hull-trains-and-transpennine-express-reveal-new-services-to-london-and-manchester/story-30141232-detail/story.html |title=Hull Trains and TransPennine Express reveal new services to London and Manchester |newspaper=Hull Daily Mail |first=Angus |last=Young |date=16 February 2017 |access-date=22 February 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170221065455/http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/hull-trains-and-transpennine-express-reveal-new-services-to-london-and-manchester/story-30141232-detail/story.html |archive-date=21 February 2017}}</ref> All services are currently operated by [[British Rail Class 802|Class 802 ''Paragons'']].{{cn|date=December 2023}}

* [[London North Eastern Railway]] operates one train per day Monday-Saturday in each direction between Hull and London King's Cross, with the morning service departing at 06:58 and the evening service arriving back at 20:05, from where it then returns to [[Doncaster railway station|Doncaster]]. On Sundays, there is no morning departure, with only an evening arrival from London.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.lner.co.uk/globalassets/lner-rebrand/pdfs/lner_tt_may-dec19_web.pdf |publisher= London North Eastern Railway |title= Timetable from 19 May 2019 |access-date=21 May 2019}}</ref> Each service is operated by a [[British Rail Class 800|Class 800 ''Azuma'']].{{cn|date=December 2023}}

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==Platforms==
{{more citations needed section|date=October 2016}}
* ''Platform 1'' – A [[bay platform]]. Returned to use in the spring of 2024 after extensive work. Northern services only, for trains of up to 3 carriages.

* ''Platform 2'' – [[Northern Trains]] services on routes to [[Sheffield railway station|Sheffield]] from [[Bridlington railway station|Bridlington]] or [[Scarborough railway station|Scarborough]] or services from [[York railway station|York]] terminating here.
* ''Platform 3'' – [[TransPennine Express]] services terminating from [[Liverpool Lime Street]] along with Platform 4.
* ''Platform 4'' – [[TransPennine Express]] services from Liverpool Lime Street.
* ''Platform 5'' – [[Northern Trains]] services terminating from Doncaster and also occasionally used for services from York when platform 2 is in use.
* ''Platform 6'' – [[Northern Trains]] services from [[Beverley railway station|Beverley]] or services terminating here from Sheffield.
* ''Platform 7'' – [[Hull Trains]] services from/to [[London King's Cross railway station|London King's Cross]]/Beverley and Northern services from/to Bridlington/Scarborough terminating or from Doncaster/Sheffield. This platform is also used by [[London North Eastern Railway]]'s limited service to and from King's Cross, with the platform being just about long enough to accommodate a 9-car Azuma.

==Naming==
[[File:Paragon station, Hull.jpg|thumb|left|Early architect's impression of the proposed station and hotel design (south façade)]]

The railway station is commonly known as ''Paragon Station'', ''Hull Paragon'' or just ''Hull Station''; [[National Rail]] refers to the station as ''Hull (HUL)''. The name originates from nearby Paragon Street, which was itself built in {{circa|1802}};{{sfn|Fawcett|2001|p=85}}the name dates back earlier. The ''Paragon Hotel'' public house, now the ''Hull Cheese'', gave its name to the street and dates back as far as 1700.<ref>{{cite journal| journal = The Journal of the East Yorkshire Local History Society| volume = 7|title = The East Yorkshire Historian|page =108}}</ref>

The station was opened as ''Hull Paragon Street'' on 8 May 1848 by the [[York and North Midland Railway]];{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=125}} the [[North Eastern Railway (UK)|North Eastern Railway]] used the name ''Hull Paragon'',{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=125}} however, the ''Paragon'' suffix was used inconsistently over ninety years from its opening to 1948.<ref>{{cite book|first = M.|last = Quick| title = Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology|year = 2009}}</ref>

Since the [[British Railways]] period, which commenced in 1948, the official name has been ''Hull'', which excludes the ''Paragon'' suffix.<ref name="tuf">{{cite book| title = East Yorkshire Railway Stations| pages=66–69| first = Peter| last =Tuffrey|year = 2012}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|Since the closure of [[Hull Cannon Street railway station|Cannon Street]] to passengers in 1924, the station was the only consistently timetabled rail terminus in the city.<ref name="tuf"/>|group="n"}}

The term ''Hull (Paragon)'' has also been used by [[Network Rail]].<ref>{{cite book| chapter = Sectional Appendix| title = London North Eastern Route|at = LN914, LN915|publisher =Network Rail| date = December 2006 |issue = suppl. 27 (7 June 2014)}}</ref> Since redevelopment in 2007, the official name has been ''Paragon Interchange''; however, as of 2012, timetables continued to use ''Hull'', except when referring to bus services.<ref name="tuf"/>

The hotel has been known as the ''Station Hotel'' or ''Royal Station Hotel'' from its early history;{{sfn|Sheahan|1864|pp=201, 563, 577, 605}} after privatisation in the 1980s, the owners renamed it ''Royal Hotel''.<ref name="ht"/> As of 2014, as part of the [[Mercure Hotels]] group, the hotel's official name is now the ''Mercure Hull Royal Hotel''.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.mercure.com/gb/hotel-8203-mercure-hull-royal-hotel/index.shtml| title = Mercure Royal Hotel| access-date = 7 October 2014| publisher = Mercure Hotels| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://archive.today/20140702133822/http://www.mercure.com/gb/hotel-8203-mercure-hull-royal-hotel/index.shtml| archive-date = 2 July 2014| df = dmy-all}}</ref>

==In popular culture==

The station has been used as a filming location in the film ''[[Clockwise (film)|Clockwise]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090852/locations |title=Clockwise film locations|website=[[IMDb]] |accessdate=29 November 2014}}</ref> in an episode of ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]'' "The Plymouth Express"<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.lner.info/article/filmtv/filmtv.shtml |title=The LNER in Books, Film, and TV|encyclopedia=The LNER Encyclopedia|accessdate=19 February 2014}}</ref> and in the comedy ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' episode "[[To Hull and Back]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/true-story-only-fools-horses-5997330|title=The true story of when Only Fools and Horses came 'to Hull and back'|date=9 October 2021|work=Hull Daily Mail|accessdate=21 March 2022}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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===Maps===
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<ref name="hwj">{{coord|53.72460|-0.3952|type:landmark_region:GB|name = Hessle West junction}}, Hessle West junction (1848)</ref>
<ref name="hrj">{{coord|53.73276|-0.38184|type:landmark_region:GB|name = Hessle Road junction}}, Hessle Road junction (1848)</ref>
<ref name="hrjn">{{coord|53.73323|-0.38191|type:landmark_region:GB|name = Hessle Road junction (North) }}, Hessle Road junction (North)</ref>
<ref name="cj">{{coord|53.75616|-0.39174|type:landmark_region:GB|name = Cottingham junction}}, Cottingham junction (1848)</ref>
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<ref name="psb">{{coord|53.744180|-0.351776|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name = Paragon Signal box (1938)}}, Paragon Signal box (1938)</ref>
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<ref name="th">{{coord|53.744455|-0.345581|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline|name = Ticket / entrance hall (1904)}}, Ticket hall and entrance (1904)</ref>
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<ref name="plsb">{{coord|53.744372|-0.350409|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name = Platform signal box (1904) }}, Platform signal box (1904)</ref>
<ref name="pssb">{{coord|53.743920|-0.351163|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name = Park Street signal box (1904) }}, Park Street signal box (1904)</ref>
<ref name="cd">{{coord|53.744233|-0.349335|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name = Coal depot (original) }}, Coal depot (original)</ref>
<ref name="es1">{{coord|53.744144|-0.347765|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name = Engine shed ({{circa|1850s}}) }}, Engine shed ({{circa|1850s}})</ref>
<ref name="es2">{{coord|53.744722|-0.349337|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name = Engine shed ({{circa|1880s}}), later site of coal depot }}, Engine shed ({{circa|1880s}}), later site of coal depot</ref>
<ref name="arj">{{coord|53.74396|-0.36701|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name = Anlaby Road junction }}, Anlaby Road junction</ref>
<ref name="wpnj">{{coord|53.74736|-0.36660|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name = West Parade North junction }}, West Parade North junction</ref>
<ref name="bac">{{coord|53.74367|-0.34531|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name = Hotel services building)}}, Hotel service building</ref>

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}}

===Sources===
{{refbegin}}
* {{citation|title = General and concise history and description of the town and port of Kingston-upon-Hull|first= James Joseph|last= Sheahan| publisher = Simpson, Marshall and Co. (London)|year = 1864| url = https://archive.org/details/generalconcisehi00shea}}
* {{citation| url = http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/c/cd/Er19080214a.pdf|magazine = The Engineer|volume = 93|date = 11 February 1908| title = Large Railway Stations – No.1 – Hull Paragon| pages = 159–162| ref={{harvid|The Engineer|11 February 1908}} }}
* {{citation| url = https://archive.org/details/northeasternrail00tomlrich| title = The North Eastern Railway; its rise and development| first = William Weaver |last=Tomlinson| year= 1915|author-link=William Weaver Tomlinson|publisher = Andrew Reid and Company, Newcastle; Longmans, Green and Company, London}}
* {{citation| title = A History of North Eastern Railway Architecture| volume=1| first = Bill| last = Fawcett| publisher = North Eastern Railway Association| year =2001}}
* {{citation| title = A History of North Eastern Railway Architecture| volume=3| first = Bill| last = Fawcett| publisher = North Eastern Railway Association| year =2005}}
* {{citation| first1 = Edward |last1 = Gillett| first2 = Kenneth A. |last2 = MacMahon| title = A History of Hull|publisher = Oxford University Press| year = 1980| isbn = 0-19-713436-X}}
* {{citation| first = C. T.|last =Goode|year = 1992|title = The Railways of Hull|publisher =C.T. Goode|isbn=1870313119}}
* {{citation| title = Yorkshire: York and the East Riding| work = The Buildings of England| first1 =Nikolaus| last1 =Pevsner| first2=David| last2 = Neave|year =1995|edition=2nd}}
* {{citation|first = Mike|last = Hitches|title = Steam around York and the East Riding|year =2012}}
* {{citation| title = Resignalling of Paragon Station, Hull |magazine = The Engineer| date = 8 July 1983| pages = 48–49| url= http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/d/d8/Er19380708.pdf| volume=166|ref=eng1938}}
* {{citation| url = https://planningpublicaccess.hullcc.gov.uk/publicaccess/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=0100913PO| title = (01/00913/PO) REVISED PROPOSAL FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF LAND FOR A MIXED USE SCHEME COMPRISING: (1) ERECTION OF BUILDINGS AROUND A PEDESTRIAN COVERED STREET FOR RETAIL, FOOD AND DRINK AND LEISURE USES, INCLUDING A HOTEL, RELOCATED ARTS CENTRE AND THEATRE, WITH SERVICE AREAS AND CAR PARKS ACCESSED FROM PARK STREET, PORTLAND STREET AND CANNING STREET (2) PROVISION OF NEW TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE WITH ACCESS FROM FERENSWAY, ALTERATIONS TO PARAGON STATION, TEMPORARY BUS STATION, AND PARKING AREAS (3) PETROL FILLING STATION, WITH ACCESS OFF PARK STREET (4) ERECTION OF BUILDINGS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES WITH ACCESSES FROM SPRING STREET, COLONIAL STREET AND PARK STREET (5) LAYING OUT OF OPEN SPACES, PUBLIC SQUARES (6) HIGHWAY WORKS, PROVISION OF CYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ROUTES| date = 15 August 2001| publisher = East Riding of Yorkshire Council| author = London & Amsterdam (Ferensway) Ltd}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* {{NHLE|num=1218434|desc=Paragon Station & Station Hotel|access-date=14 August 2013|ref = nhle}}
* {{Butt-Stations}}
{{refend}}

===Further reading===
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite magazine| title = Twenty-four Hours at Hull (Paragon)|journal = The Railway Magazine| volume =27| year = 1910| first = H. S. |last = Lawrence|pages=144–}}
* {{cite web| url=http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,572500&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL| title = Paragon Interchange – gallery| first = Tony| last = Steadman|publisher = Hull City Council|access-date=30 June 2014}} Pictorial record of the redevelopment of the Paragon Interchange.
{{refend}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Hull Paragon Interchange}}
{{stn art lnk|HUL|HU32LL}}
* {{NHLE |num=1218434}}
* {{citation| url =http://www.hotels-hull.co.uk |title = Mercure Hull Royal Hotel }}

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