Selby railway station

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Selby
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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
Platforms3
Other information
Station codeSBY
Classification DfT category E
History
Opened1834
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 0.656 million

Facilities

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. [42] A refurbished footbridge to platforms 2 and 3 including passenger lifts is scheduled to open by June 2023. [43]

Current services

Waiting canopy on platform 1 Selby Station - geograph.org.uk - 1503975.jpg
Waiting canopy on platform 1

To Hull – Monday to Saturdays there are now three trains per hour to Hull. An hourly TransPennine Express service, two per hour run by Northern (one each from York and Halifax via Bradford and Leeds), plus some Hull Trains services from London King's Cross. The service from York continues beyond Hull to Bridlington.

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. [44]

To Leeds – Monday to Sunday there are two trains per hour to Leeds. One Northern stopping service to Halifax via Bradford Interchange Monday to Saturday, with a Selby to Leeds stopping service on Sundays and one TransPennine Express service to Liverpool Lime Street.

To London – there are eight trains per day in total via Doncaster to London King's Cross. All London services are operated by Hull Trains except the Hull Executive , which is operated by London North Eastern Railway. [45]

Northern also runs one train each way to/from Doncaster and Sheffield, the one from there continues to Bridlington. LNER also runs an evening service between Hull and Doncaster (calling at Selby). [46]

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). [47]

Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
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

Trivia

In 2009 Selby celebrated the 175th anniversary of the opening of the first Selby station. [48]

The station is mentioned in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

Notes

  1. ↑ For details of the 1834 Ouse railway bridge at Selby see Selby swing bridge (1840)
  2. ↑ Former Liquorice factory, acquired by Yorkshire Dyeware and Chemical Company in 1912. [24] Disconnected from the rail network c. 1970s (OS map 1866, 1982). Closed by Clariant 2008. [25]
  3. ↑ See also Antoon Jurgens, Antonius Johannes Jurgens and Margarine Unie.

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