[11] Before long lines reached Hull via Doncaster, so passengers and railways alike realised that longer could be quicker and more convenient.

[22] The central siding often contained one or two coal wagons from which a small road 'train' of tubs was loaded and taken down the access ramps to ferry steamers.

[6][25] The station buildings were made of wood and included a signal box and refreshment rooms on the more substantial eastern side.

[26][27] Average annual traffic using the pier in its peak years was 30,000 passengers, 250 vehicles, 1200 cattle and sheep and 300 tons of luggage.

[21] Until the end of the Second World War, railway publicity, tickets and timetables rarely differentiated between the Town and Pier stations, with the July 1922 Bradshaw, for example, giving a single entry for "New Holland.