to the south of the railway line st andrew's dock was opened in 1883 (expanded 1890s), on land reclaimed from the humber. the hull and barnsley railway opened in 1885, with branch line passing through the area to a freight terminus, neptune street goods station. by the 1890s dairycoates grange and lodge had been demolished, replaced by the expansion of the railway lines. by the same period the westwards urban growth of hull along hessle road had reached the area. by the first decade of the 20th century the urban extent of hull had become continuous westwards as far as dairycoates, with the hull and bridlington branch line coincident with the western boundary of urban growth. the industrial development and housing later known as gipsyville, west of dairycoates had begun by this period. the general pattern of development remained constant through much of the 20th century, whilst hull grew westwards into gipsyville and towards hessle and anlaby.