Paragon Interchange

Combined railway station and bus terminal under a sweeping Victorian glass roof, with a bronze of Philip Larkin

Hull Paragon Interchange combines the railway terminus and the bus station under one of the best surviving Victorian train sheds in Britain. The station opened in 1848 and was rebuilt in the 1900s with the iron and glass overall roof you walk under today. The bus station was bolted on in the 2000s, sensitively enough that the original architecture still leads the eye.

The Larkin bronze in the centre concourse — the poet hurrying past commuters with his coat flapping — was unveiled in 2010 and has become a Hull landmark. Look for the Lawrence Lee stained glass commemorating the Hull-Zeebrugge ferry. The cafe near platform 2 is good for a fast pre-train sandwich.

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