York & Selby Lines

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Caldervale, Huddersfield, and York and Selby lines
Legend North TransPennine service continues to Scarborough, Middlesbrough, and Newcastle York  East Coast Main Line Ulleskelf Church Fenton Hull  Brough Selby  East Coast Main Line South Milford Micklefield–Leeds  Micklefield East Leeds Parkway (Proposed) East Garforth Garforth Cross Gates Leeds  Cottingley Bramley (West Yorkshire) Morley New Pudsey Batley Dewsbury  Ravensthorpe Wakefield Westgate  Wakefield Kirkgate Grand Union to London Kings Cross, starting May 2010 Dewsbury–Mirfield  Mirfield Bradford Interchange  Low Moor (planned) Halifax Brighouse  Sowerby Bridge Deighton (services from Brighouse do not call before Huddersfield) Mytholmroyd Hebden Bridge Huddersfield  Slaithwaite Marsden Greenfield Mossley Todmorden  Walsden Littleborough Smithy Bridge Burnley Manchester Road  Accrington Blackburn Rochdale  Castleton Mills Hill Moston Preston  Poulton-le-Fylde Blackpool North Stalybridge  Ashton-under-Lyne Manchester Airport Manchester Victoria Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Oxford Road North Transpennine service calls at Birchwood and Warrington Central Liverpool Lime Street
Current services
York–Leeds–Halifax–Blackpool North Selby–Halifax–Huddersfield–Wakefield Westgate Huddersfield–Manchester Victoria Leeds–Dewsbury–Brighouse–Manchester Victoria Leeds–Halifax–Manchester Victoria North TransPennine services (via Leeds and Huddersfield) Hull–Manchester Picadilly Middlesborough–Manchester Airport Newcastle–Manchester Airport Scarborough–Liverpool Lime Street

The York & Selby Lines is the name given to a group of services in the West Yorkshire Metro area, connecting Leeds with places to its north and east: as well as the Northern Rail local services to York and Selby, the services extend to:

• Newcastle by First TransPennine Express and CrossCountry
• Scarborough by TransPennine Express
• Middlesbrough by TransPennine Express
• Hull by TransPennine Express
• Preston and Blackpool by TransPennine Express

Contents 1 The routes 1.1 Leeds - Micklefield 1.2 Selby route 1.3 York route 2 External links

[edit] The routes

Before the 1923 Grouping all the routes over which these services operate were worked by the North Eastern Railway. The routes are as follows (Stations in bold are still open):

[edit] Leeds - Micklefield

• Leeds)
• Marsh Lane: the original terminus of the line into Leeds: now closed
• Cross Gates
• here was the junction of a line to Wetherby
• Garforth
• here was the junction of a line to Castleford via Kippax
• East Garforth
• Micklefield here is the junction between the two routes and the limit of the MetroCard ticket scheme

[edit] Selby route

• South Milford and Sherburn-in-Elmet
• here are connections with the line from Castleford to York (Gascoigne Wood Junction)
• Hambleton (closed station)
• Selby
• here was a swing bridge over the River Ouse
• Between Selby and Brough there were stations serving the following places:
  • Hemingbrough (closed 1967).
  • Wressle
  • Howden (also served by the Hull and Barnsley Railway (HBR)
  • Eastrington also served by the HBR
  • Staddlethorpe (now called Gilberdyke) where a branch comes in from Goole and Doncaster.
  • Broomfleet
• Brough and Elloughton
• two more stations serving:
  • Ferriby
  • Hessle
• here were the three large marshalling yards serving Hull , Inward Yard, Outward Yard and Priory Yard.
• Hull Paragon station for Kingston upon Hull

[edit] York route

This section of the route is also called the Dearne Valley line (DVL)

• Church Fenton here the DVL heads south for Doncaster; there was also a branch from here to Harrogate via Wetherby
• Ulleskelf and Kirkby Wharf
• there were two places served by the railway now closed:
  • Bolton Percy
  • Copmanthorpe
• York (also served by the Harrogate Line)

Beyond York the main line trains (as detailed above) operate.

[edit] External links

• List of all train services operating in West Yorkshire

v • d • e Railway lines in Yorkshire and the Humber Primary Cross Country Route · East Coast Main Line · Midland Main Line Local Airedale Line · Askern Branch Line · Caldervale Line · Dearne Valley Line · Doncaster to Lincoln Line · Esk Valley Line · Hallam Line · Harrogate Line · Hope Valley Line · Huddersfield Line · Hull to York Line · Leeds to Morecambe Line · Leeds-Bradford Lines · Leeds-Northallerton Railway · Northallerton–Eaglescliffe Line · Penistone Line · Pontefract Line · Settle-Carlisle Line · Sheffield to Hull Line · Sheffield to Lincoln Line · Wakefield Line · Wharfedale Line · York & Selby Lines · Yorkshire Coast Line · York to Scarborough Line

v • d • e Railway stations in West Yorkshire MetroTrain lines ■ Airedale · ■ Caldervale · ■ Dearne Valley · ■ Hallam Line · ■ Harrogate · ■ Huddersfield · ■ Leeds-Bradford · ■ Penistone · ■ Pontefract · ■ Wakefield · ■ Wharfedale · ■ York & Selby Major stations Bradford Forster Square · Bradford Interchange · Halifax · Huddersfield · Leeds · Shipley · Wakefield Westgate Other stations Baildon · Batley · Ben Rhydding · Berry Brow · Bingley · Bramley · Brighouse · Brockholes · Burley Park · Burley-in-Wharfedale · Castleford · Cottingley · Cross Gates · Crossflatts · Darton* · Deighton · Denby Dale · Dewsbury · East Garforth · Featherstone · Fitzwilliam · Frizinghall · Garforth · Glasshoughton · Guiseley · Headingley · Hebden Bridge · Honley · Horsforth · Ilkley · Keighley · Knottingley · Lockwood · Marsden · Menston · Micklefield · Mirfield · Moorthorpe · Morley · Mytholmroyd · New Pudsey · Normanton · Outwood · Pontefract Baghill · Pontefract Monkhill · Pontefract Tanshelf · Ravensthorpe · Saltaire · Sandal and Agbrigg · Shepley · Slaithwaite · South Elmsall · Sowerby Bridge · Steeton and Silsden · Stocksmoor · Streethouse · Todmorden · Wakefield Kirkgate · Walsden · Woodlesford * Darton station is in South Yorkshire, however West Yorkshire Metro passes are valid to/from this station.