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.jpg) Selby station from the south, 2011 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Selby,North Yorkshire England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°46′59″N1°03′48″W / 53.783000°N 1.063440°W /53.783000; -1.063440 | ||||
| Grid reference | SE618322 | ||||
| Managed by | TransPennine Express | ||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | SBY | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1834 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  0.124 million | ||||
| Interchange | 1,235 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.479 million | ||||
| Interchange | 19,271 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.555 million | ||||
| Interchange | 24,520 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.601 million | ||||
| Interchange | 35,480 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 0.696 million | ||||
| Interchange | 29,440 | ||||
Listed Building – Grade II | |||||
| Feature | Selby Railway Station building on up platform, canopies on both platforms, footbridge and benches | ||||
| Designated | 14 November 1980 | ||||
| Reference no. | 1365807[1] | ||||
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Selby railway station is aGrade II listed[1] station which serves the market town ofSelby inNorth Yorkshire,England. The original terminus station was opened in 1834 for theLeeds and Selby Railway. TheHull and Selby Railway extended the line in 1840 and a new station was built, with the old station becoming a goods shed. The station was rebuilt in 1873 and 1891; the 1891 rebuilding was required due to the replacement of the swing bridge over theRiver Ouse at the same time.
The area around the station is a junction for a number of lines, including the formerEast Coast Main Line route between Doncaster and York, theSelby to Driffield Line (1848) and theSelby to Goole Line (1910). After 1983, with the opening of theSelby Diversion, Selby is no longer on the East Coast Main Line.
As of 2014, lines lead from Selby to Leeds, Hull and Doncaster. The station is managed byTransPennine Express and receives regional trains operated byNorthern and TransPennine Express, as well as Hull-London services operated byHull Trains andLondon North Eastern Railway.
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In 1834 theLeeds and Selby Railway opened, running east–west from aterminus station in Marsh Lane, Leeds to a terminus at Selby.
The line opened 22 September 1834, with only one track complete.[2] A train from Leeds set off at 6 am and arrived in Selby around 9 am, to a general celebration. When general service started the journey took about 65 minutes.[3] The main stations were not completed until a few months after the line opened; the Selby terminus at a cost of £10,300. Both tracks of the line were completed by 15 December 1834.[4]
The basic design of the station was of a large warehouse shed, 245 feet (75 m) long and 96 feet (29 m) wide on a site of around 3 acres (1.2 ha), with a wooden trussed roof of three spans (of approximately 25', 46', and 25') supported via iron brackets on 19.5-foot (5.9 m) cast-iron columns, which were hollow and acted as drainpipes, to collect rain water then stored in underground tanks. Station offices and other buildings were built adjoining the station. The train shed had six lines of track, four for freight and two for passengers.[5][6][7] Lines for coal and lime were separate, outside the shed to the east, the offices at the northwest corner. The line of rails continued through the station to a wharf on theRiver Ouse.[8][9] Journeys to Hull were completed byPacket boat from Selby.[2]
After construction of the new station in 1840, with the connection on theHull and Selby Railway old station became a goods station.[10]
The rail links to the old station were removed in the 1980s. As of 2009 the station is used as warehousing by Viking Shipping Services Ltd.[11]
In 1840, theHull and Selby Railway was opened.[12] To cross theRiver Ouse, a bascule lifting bridge was installed, northwest of the old station.[n 1] At that time ships had priority over railway traffic.[13]
The Hull and Selby, and Leeds and Selby railways connected 'end on' at Selby, west of the old station; the Leeds and Selby Line diverged from its old terminus path at a junction near the crossing of Park street; the line of the railway ran a short distance west, and parallel to the track in the original station.[14] A new through station was built, and the old station became a goods station.[10]
In 1871 the NER opened two new sections of track, fromShaftholme junction (4 miles north of Doncaster) toSelby Old West junction (Selby), and fromBarlby junction (across the Ouse from Selby) toChaloner's Whin junction (Dringhouses, York); these formed a new route for theEast Coast Main Line.[15]
A new station was constructed from between 1870 and 1873, built by Thomas Nelson to a design fromThomas Prosser's office in the NER.[16]
In 1891 a new swing bridge was built downstream (east) of the original over the Ouse (see1891 Selby swing bridge). The priority of river traffic over rail traffic was reversed on completion of the new bridge; crossings by rail were more than ten times more numerous than river craft.[17]
As a consequence of the shift in the path of the railway the old station was rebuilt. The down (west) platforms were retained and modified, whilst the up (east) platforms were moved eastwards, re-using and extending Prosser's platform roof. The architect for the remodelling and extension was the NER'sWilliam Bell.[18]
In addition to the main lines west to Leeds (Leeds & Selby, 1834), east to Hull (Hull & Selby, 1840), and north and south to York and Doncaster (York & Doncaster branch, 1871), the rail system at Selby was the location for a number of junctions to other lines, and other facilities.
A branch from the Hull line (near Barlby to Market Weighton) opened in 1848.[19] (seeSelby and Market Weighton Railway) The line ran fromCliffe junction east of the Ouse south of Barlby, around a mile east of Selby.[20]
TheCawood, Wistow and Selby Light Railway (CW&SLR) was opened in 1898 linking the Leeds & Selby Railway to the village ofCawood. Until 1904 the line had a separate station,Brayton Gates, 1 mile west of Selby. The line was predominantly used for agricultural traffic but also carried passengers until 1930, its final closure taking place in 1960.
TheSelby to Goole Line opened in 1910, ran via the villages ofBarlow,Drax andRawcliffe toGoole. The line closed in 1964 as a result of theBeeching report. A short section of the line was used to access a ballast tip near Barlow until 1983.
In the mid 20th century the 'Loop Line' was converted into atriangle junction by the addition of a short chord between the Selby-Doncaster and Selby-Leeds lines.[21]
In 1983 theSelby Diversion of the East Coast Main Line was opened, avoiding the area around Selby due to possible subsidence from the drift mining works of theSelby Coalfield. As a result, Selby ceased to be a through route on the ECML. The 1871 line from Selby to York was closed on 24 May 1983 and in 1989 was converted into acycle track which now forms part of route 65 of theNational Cycle Network. The line south to Temple Hirst Junction was retained – it is in regular use for both passenger & freight traffic and also serves as a diversionary route for Doncaster to Hull services if the line via Goole is closed for any reason.
An engine shed was built 1870–2, in the V of the junction between the lines to Doncaster and Leeds. The shed was a standard NER design roundhouse by Prosser in a square overall shed, with 20 tracks. The shed was extended to a similar extent in 1896–8 with an adjacent square shed to a design by Bell.[22][23] In around 1900 a short "Loop Line" was built south of the station, altering the path to the Leeds line by forming a junction on the Doncaster line further south, beyond the engine sheds. The original route out of Selby to Leeds became peripheral, part of the sidings associated with the engine sheds.[23]
There was also aCanal works (dye and leather chemicals) east of the Doncaster line,[n 2] on the banks of theSelby Canal, connected by sidings from the mid 20th century.[26] Also on the Selby side of the Ouse were sidings for the gas works, and for a wood yard,[27] and for the 'Ousegate Maltings' as well as accommodation sidings for the Goods shed.[28]
On the far bank of the Ouse there were industrial sidings: A seed mill north of the line had been established by in 1909 with a rail connection; this developed into a large millOlympia Mills, later partJurgens (1919),[n 3]Unilever (1929), and BOCM (1952).[29][30] (now part ofBOCM Pauls, not rail connected).
Also on the far bank a Sugar Beet factory, was rail connected from the south side Hull-Selby line from the mid 20th century.[26] In 1983 the site was acquired by logistics companyPotter Group,[31] and redeveloped into a 62 acres (25 ha) distribution centre including a rail freight terminal and warehousing.[32][33] Client occupiers includeCemex (Asphalt concrete, using stone fromPeak Forest, Derbyshire),[34][35] andClipper Logistics (e-commerce clothing/textile logistics).[36][37]
The station is fully staffed, with the ticket office open throughout the week from start of service until 19:45 (19:00 on Sundays). A ticket machine is also provided on both platforms. Waiting rooms are located on each platform with passenger information screens and a public address system covering the whole station to provide train running information. Step-free access to all platforms is only available during staffed hours due to the need to use a barrow crossing.[38] A refurbished footbridge to platforms 2 and 3 including passenger lifts is scheduled to open by June 2023.[39]
To Hull – Monday to Saturday, there are now three trains per hour to Hull. An hourlyTransPennine Express service, two per hour run by Northern (one each from York andHalifax via Bradford and Leeds), plus someHull Trains services fromLondon King's Cross. The service from York continues beyond Hull toBridlington.
To York – there is generally an hourly service daily north to York. A few services start/ terminate here, but most run to and from Hull or Bridlington.[40]
To Leeds – Monday to Sunday, there are two trains per hour to Leeds. OneNorthern stopping service to Halifax viaBradford Interchange Monday to Saturday, with a Selby to Leeds stopping service on Sundays and oneTransPennine Express service toLiverpool Lime Street viaManchester Victoria.[41]
To London – there are eight trains per day in total via Doncaster toLondon King's Cross. All London services are operated byHull Trains except theHull Executive, which is operated byLondon North Eastern Railway.[42]
Northern also runs one train each way to/from Doncaster andSheffield, the one from there continues to Bridlington. LNER also runs an evening service between Hull and Doncaster (calling at Selby) as a balancing working for its northbound business peak service from London. The unit then returns empty to Neille Hill depot in Leeds for overnight servicing.
In recent years,Northern has introduced improved service levels. The current Leeds to Selby stopping service has been extended through to Hull (see above – implemented in December 2019) and the York – Hull line service is now hourly throughout the week (including Sundays).[43]
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Doncaster or London King's Cross | London North Eastern Railway East Coast Main Line/York-Doncaster branch –Hull and Selby Line (Limited service) | Brough | ||
| Doncaster | Hull Trains East Coast Main Line/York-Doncaster branch –Hull and Selby Line | Howden | ||
| TransPennine Express | ||||
| Northern | ||||
| Northern | ||||
| Northern | ||||
| Northern | ||||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Temple Hirst | York and Doncaster branch (East Coast Main Line, Old route) | Riccall | ||
| Terminus | CW&SLtR | Wistow | ||
| Terminus | Leeds and Selby Railway | Hambleton | ||
| Terminus | Selby to Goole Line | Barlow | ||
| Terminus | Selby to Driffield Line | Cliff Common | ||
In 2009 Selby celebrated the 175th anniversary of the opening of the first Selby station.[44]
The station is mentioned in the song "Slow Train" byFlanders and Swann.
The BOCM complex at Barlby can briefly be seen at the start of the train journey in the opening sequence of 1971 British gangster movieGet Carter.
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