Selby railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Selby | ||
| Local authority | Selby (district) | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | SBY | ||
| Managed by | First TransPennine Express | ||
| Platforms in use | 3 | ||
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| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.394 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 0.406 million | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 1834 | ||
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Selby from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Selby railway station serves the town of Selby in North Yorkshire, England. The station is on the Hull-York Line 33 km (21 miles) south of York, Leeds-Hull Line 33 km (20¾ miles) east of Leeds and 50 km (31 miles) west of Hull.
Before the opening of the Selby diversion line in the early 1980s it was on the East Coast Main Line. It is managed by First TransPennine Express. The station is mentioned in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.
It was opened in 1834 by the Leeds and Selby Railway. The original station at Selby consisted of a shed by the waterside in which passengers would alight the train and walk across the road to the connecting boat on the river. This site was just behind the current station site. Selby station was the first railway station to be built in Yorkshire, a fact commemorated by a plaque on the original building.
In 1840 an extension known as the Hull and Selby Railway was opened. The original terminus station of the Leeds & Selby railway was converted to goods use only and the current station was built. In order to cross the River Ouse a swing bridge was installed to the East of the station. Ships had (and still have) priority over railway traffic.
The Cawood, Wistow and Selby Light Railway (CW&SLR) was opened in 1898 linking the Leeds & Selby Railway to the village of Cawood. This line was predominantly used for agricultural traffic but also carried passengers until its closure in 1960.
Another branch was built to link Selby to the nearby port town of Goole. This branch ran via the villages of Barlow, Drax and Rawcliffe.
[edit] The Selby Diversion
Until the early 1980s Selby was on the main East Coast Main Line. When the National Coal Board (NCB) began to exploit the Selby coalfield, a diversionary route for the ECML had to be built to avoid subsidence to the railway. This diversion took the ECML away from Selby, leaving it a much quieter station. The new route leaves the old at Temple Hirst to the south of Selby and rejoins it at Colton Junction several miles to the north of the town where the York-Leeds line meets the ECML. The diversion, which was financed by the NCB, had major advantages to the railway in that it removed a bottleneck from the ECML by avoiding the Selby Swing Bridge over the River Ouse and was the first purpose built section of high-speed railway in the UK having a design speed of 125mph.
[edit] Services
To Hull - Monday to Saturdays there are generally two trains per hour to Hull. An hourly First TransPennine Express service and either a train from York or a Hull Trains service from London Kings Cross.
To York - there is generally an hourly or two hourly service daily north to York.
To Leeds - Monday to Saturdays there are two trains per hour to Leeds. One Northern Rail stopping service and one First TransPennine Express service to Manchester Piccadilly. Evenings and Sundays there is either an hourly/two-hourly First TransPennine Express to Leeds and Manchester.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Selby railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| South Milford | Northern Rail York & Selby Lines |
Terminus | ||
| York or Sherburn-in-Elmet |
Northern Rail Hull-York Line |
Wressle | ||
| Brough | Northern Rail Sheffield-Hull Line |
Doncaster | ||
| South Milford | First TransPennine Express North TransPennine |
Howden | ||
| Doncaster | NXEC East Coast Main Line |
Brough | ||
| Doncaster | First Hull Trains London-Hull |
Howden | ||
| Disused Railways | ||||
| Temple Hirst | ECML (Old route) | Riccall | ||
| Terminus | CW&SLtR | Brayton Gates | ||
| Terminus | Selby to Goole Line | Barlow | ||
| Terminus | Selby to Driffield Line | Cliff Common | ||
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