Hambleton railway station

Hambleton railway station
Hambleton West Junction; the station was just behind the white sign on the right
General information
Location	Hambleton, Selby District North Yorkshire England
Coordinates	53°46′34″N1°09′43″W / 53.776°N 1.162°W / 53.776; -1.162 Coordinates: 53°46′34″N1°09′43″W / 53.776°N 1.162°W / 53.776; -1.162
Ordnance Survey	SE552315
Elevation	26 feet (8 m)
Line(s)	Leeds to Selby
Platforms	2
History
Opened	22 September 1834 (1834-09-22)
Closed	7 September 1964 (1964-09-07)
Original company	Leeds and Selby Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
15 December 1834	Opened to goods
14 September 1959	Closed to passengers
Location

Hambleton railway station was a railway station on the Leeds and Selby Railway in North Yorkshire, ^{[note 1]} England. The station was opened with the line in 1834, closed to passengers in 1959 and then to goods in 1964. It was used sporadically in the 1970s as an embarkation point when Selby station was undergoing refurbishment. The site of the station has been partly demolished by a new railway spur built in 1983.

History

The station was opened on 22 September 1834, the same day that the line between Leeds Marsh Lane and Selby was inaugurated. The station was opened up to goods traffic in December 1834, and was furnished with a goods shed on the south side which had a west facing connection. ^[1] At the opening of the station, first-class tickets to Leeds cost three shillings, and second-class cost two shillings. The next stop eastwards was Selby, the original final stop, which cost one shilling to travel to for first-class passengers, and sixpence for second-class. ^[2] The station was 4 miles 43 chains (7.3 km) west of Selby, and 15 miles 5 chains (24.2 km) east of the original terminus of Marsh Lane in Leeds. ^[3]

A derailment in May 1853 some 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of the station, resulted in the driver and stoker of the derailed train dying after a goods train travelling in the opposite direction collided with their derailed engine. The state of the "road" was given as the cause of the accident. ^[4] In 1894, the Railway Clearing House Handbook listed Hambleton as dealing in passengers, general goods and livestock with no indication of a steam crane. In 1904, the same updated publication also mentioned the addition of horse boxes and a steam crane with the capability of lifting 1.5 tonnes (1.7 tons). ^{[5] [6] [7]}

The station was closed to passengers on 14 September 1959, and then to goods on 7 September 1964, though the site was used for passengers briefly in March 1975, and again in July 1980 when Selby station was undergoing a refurbishment or was closed. ^{[8] [9]} The southern side of the station site has been built over as part of Hambleton Junction, a spur built in 1983 from the Selby Diversion to the Leeds line. ^[10] The line through the station site is still open, with the route of the Leeds to Selby railway carrying trains between Leeds, Selby and Hull. ^[11]

Services

At the opening of the line in 1834, services amounted to four each way with just two on Sundays. ^[12] In 1866, the station was served by three passenger trains per day each way, with an extra stop on Mondays for the Selby market traffic. ^[13] By 1882, this had doubled to six trains each way, all going to Leeds (New) station, running on the through platforms at Marsh Lane station in Leeds. ^[14] By 1944, the traffic was down to three trains each, in either direction, which by 1946, had been improved again with nine services calling each way. ^{[15] [16]}

Notes

1. The station was originally in the West Riding of Yorkshire between 1834 and 1964. The station site is now in the Selby District of North Yorkshire.

References

1. "Hambleton Village News issue 360" (PDF). hambleton-pc.gov.uk/. August 2020. p. 9. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
2. Parsons, Edward (1835). The tourist's companion, or, The history of the scenes and places on the route by the rail-road and steam-packet from Leeds and Selby to Hull. London: Whittaker. p. 79. OCLC   1256350761.
3. Body, Geoffrey (1989). Railways of the Eastern Region. Wellingborough: P. Stephens. p. 106. ISBN   1-85260-072-1.
4. "York and North Midland Railway" (PDF). railwaysarchive.co.uk. 1853. pp. 59–63. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
5. Oliver, Henry (1894). Hand-book and appendix of stations, junctions, sidings, collieries, &c., on the railways in United Kingdom (7 ed.). London: Railway Clearing House. p. 144. OCLC   25955258.
6. The Railway Clearing House handbook of railway stations, 1904 (reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. 1970. p. 248. ISBN   0715351206.
7. "Hambleton station". www.hhraa.org. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
8. Hoole, K. (1985). Railway stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 168. ISBN   0-7153-8527-5.
9. Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 225.
10. "Hambleton station". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2021. Use the slider to toggle between mapping from 1908 and modern day satellite imagery
11. Kelman, Leanne (2020). Railway track diagrams, books 2 - Eastern (5 ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. 40E. ISBN   978-1-9996271-3-3.
12. "Hambleton on the Leeds to Selby Line". www.hhraa.org. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
13. 1866 07 Bradshaw at the Internet Archive
14. 1882 Bradshaw's Guide No. 591 Timetable at the Internet Archive
15. 1944 Bradshaw's Guide for Great Britain and Ireland No. 1328: March, 1944 at the Internet Archive
16. 1946 June Bradshaw's Railway Timetable - British Isles at the Internet Archive

External links

• Image of the station in the 1950s

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Gascoigne Wood Junction Line open, station closed		North Eastern Railway Leeds and Selby Railway		Selby Line open, station open
Milford Junction Line open, station closed		North Eastern Railway York and North Midland Railway		Selby Line open, station open