A MAJOR train station has been named the best of its kind in the UK.
Paragon Interchange was named the Best Large Train Station in the country in the National Rail Awards 2025.
Hull Paragon Interchange has been named the best large train station in the UK
It opened in the 1800s but has since become a huge transport hub
The station first opened in 1847 mainly as a train station, with a bus station added next door in the 1930s.
These were then merged in 2007 and was renamed to the current Hull Paragon Interchange.
The station was designed in the Italian Renaissance style, with inspirations from Palazzo Farnese in .
It was even visited by in 1853. where it welcomed the royal family who stayed at the station hotel.
Since then, it has been used as a filming location as well, featuring in Agatha Christie and .
It is also set to get a new £315,000 bar, transforming the former ticket office.
The station is operated by TransPennine Express, with direct trains to cities including , Leeds and London Kings Cross.
Ben Courtney, former station manager for Hull, Brough and Selby, said: “Hull proudly stands as the largest integrated rail and bus interchange in the North, and is a station we can all be proud of.”
Other tourists have raved about the station as well.
One person wrote: “Tasteful modernization of a beautiful old station building. It obviously was a very important Victorian station.”
Sculptures inside include the poet Philip Larkin
Others were more gushing: “An absolutely stunning piece of leading to the gateway of an absolutely stunning city.
“Should be one of the seven wonders of the world.”
If you need to stay by the train station, there is the Royal Hotel Hull attached to it.
Or there is The Admiral of the Humber – one of the few Wetherspoons .
Another station that won an award was
It won the award for the UK’s best small station in the National Rail Awards.
And it’s even getting a £1millin upgrade as part of the Borderlands Deal.
In the mean time, here is where to find the – which isn’t far from the UK.
And here is what it is like to visit
It connects the city to Manchester, Leeds and London 
