as the year-round Sunday service and a weekday hourly service to Scarborough, can be implemented once Northern Rail receives additional rolling stock from the Department for Transport as part of a central government investment plan for the local rail network. Northern Rail confirmed its intentions to institute an improved weekday and all-year Sunday service from December 2009 (subject to approval from the DfT). These changes were implemented with the start of the new timetable on 13 December 2009. Northern are further upgrading services to/from the station, which come into effect with the May 2019 timetable change. This will see an hourly daytime service operating to and from Scarborough throughout the week. The December 2019 timetable change saw the introduction of a direct service to York via Hull. Platforms Bridlington station has currently 3 platforms (platforms 4–6). Platform 4 is for trains to Scarborough from Hull, Doncaster or Sheffield. Platform 5 is bidirectional for trains to or from Scarborough, Hull, Doncaster, Sheffield, Selby and York. Platform 6 is a bay platform for services terminating from Hull, Doncaster, Sheffield or York. Locomotive hauled and heritage trains Loco-hauled and steam trains are now permitted access to the line following a nine-day engineering blockade in February 2008 and February 2009 that saw more than 4 miles of track replaced. On 25 July 2009 the first loco-hauled excursion for some years "The Bridlington Seaside Special" arrived from London King's Cross with Class 66 haulage. Western loco D1015 "Western Champion" visited on 5 December 2009 and a charter to Edinburgh ran on 18 December 2009. In 2010 a railtour to Carlisle began in Bridlington hauled by 2 Class 47 diesel locomotives. On 24 July the line was visited by a charter hauled by Class 67 locomotives. Notes References External links Video footage of Bridlington railway station Railway stations in the East Riding of Yorkshire DfT Category D stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1846 Northern franchise railway stations Bridlington Grade II listed buildings in the East Riding of Yorkshire Stations on the Hull to Scarborough line 1846 establishments in England Former York and North Midland Railway stations George Townsend Andrews railway stations William Bell railway stations Grade II listed railway stations