From 121 and 23 to 41 and 43.

As well as the 'Anlaby Road Lines', numbered 51-59, East Yorkshire's 10th November 2024 service changes brought the concept of the 'Beverley Road Lines' to Hull - services 41, 43, 44, 45, X46 and X47. This means that all East Yorkshire services along Beverley Road in Hull (schools/colleges excepted) are now numbered in the 4x or X4x series. Intriguingly no number 42. Unfortunately within these numbers, the Hull to Beverley services are not numbered consecutively, instead being the 41, 43, X46 and X47. In this post I focus on the 41 and 43 between Hull and Beverley via Beverley Road, Dunswell and Woodmansey.

The 41 and 43 are the longstanding 121 between Hull, Beverley, Driffield and Bridlington, and the much newer 23 between Hull, Beverley and Molsecroft respectively, renumbered to fit into the Beverley Road Lines numbering system. No significant changes were made to either service. The 43 had some minor retimings compared to the 23.

The 41 has some more notable changes when looking at the precise detail, some positive, some negative. In Hull inbound services now use Brook Street all day rather than the City Centre loop. Meanwhile it appears that Monday to Friday, Hull depot are no longer operating through to Bridlington, with their involvement limited to a small number of part route journeys.

In detail Monday to Friday, the 0625 Hull to Bridlington 121 becomes the 0605 Hull to Beverley and 0652 Beverley to Bridlington service 41 journeys. Similarly the 0725 Hull to Bridlington 121 becomes the 0720 Hull to Beverley and 0813 Beverley to Bridlington service 41 journeys, with the first through Hull to Bridlington service now at 0820 from Hull (Saturdays, when Hull depot operate through to Bridlington, it is at 0630). 

More positively the 1840 Hull to Beverley service 121 and 1940 Beverley to Bridlington service 121 become a 1855 Hull to Bridlington service 41. The 1935 Hull to Leconfield (Mon-Thu)/Nafferton(Fri) becomes a 1935 Hull to Bridlington service. Previously the last through service from Hull to Bridlington was at 1740 so this represents a notable improvement. Monday to Thursday the 2135 Hull to Leconfield becomes a 2150 Hull to Beverley, which is disappointing for Leconfield. Interestingly the 2135 Hull to Leconfield still runs on Sundays.

In the opposite direction the Friday 2052 Nafferton to Hull service 121 becomes a service 41 1950 Bridlington to Hull, previous last service from Bridlington at 1735, or 1840 with a change in Beverley. The Friday night/Saturday morning 0000 Driffield to Hull is withdrawn due to the 2330 Beverley to Driffield having transferred from Hull to Bridlington depot operation - seems a shame the opportunity wasn't taken to extend the 2330 to Bridlington rather than running out of service.

On Saturdays the 0735 service 121 from Hull to Bridlington becomes a 0730 Hull to Beverley and 0811 Beverley to Bridlington on service 41. There is a new 1050 from Beverley to Bridlington and the 1148 Hull to Bridlington service 121 becomes a 1250 service 41 from Beverley to Bridlington. Similarly the 1350 service 121 from Bridlington to Hull becomes a 1340 Bridlington to Beverley. A new 1540 Bridlington to Beverley is added. In the evenings the 1935 from Hull to Nafferton is extended to Bridlington,. previous last service through to Bridlington having been at 1725. The 2052 service 121 from Nafferton to Hull becomes a 1950 service 41 from Bridlington to Hull, previous last service at 1850. The 0000 service 121 from Driffield to Hull is withdrawn without replacement.

Finally on Sundays there is a new 1930 Beverley to Bridlington, whilst the 1825 Bridlington to Hull is split at Beverley.