Selby to Driffield Line

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Selby to Driffield Line Line
Legend to Nafferton Driffield to Hutton Cranswick to Garton Southburn Bainton Middleton-on-the-Wolds Enthorpe to Kiplingcotes Market Weighton to Londesborough Everingham Holme Foggathorpe High Field Bubwith River Derwent Menthorpe Gate to Skipwith (DVLR) Cliffe Common to Hemingbrough former ECML to Riccall River Ouse Selby former ECML to Temple Hirst

The Selby to Driffield Line formed part of a railway which connected the East Coast Main Line and the Yorkshire Coast Line. It crossed the largely flat terrain of the Yorkshire Wolds and serviced the towns of Selby, Market Weighton, and Driffield. Interestingly, the 1881 census shows that Frances Calvert, a widow aged 69, was the "Station Mistress Railway" at Menthorpe Gate.

[edit] Stations

• Selby - Opened 2 September 1834
• Cliff Common - Opened 1853, Closed August 1957
• Menthorpe Gate - Opened 1853, Closed 7 December 1953
• Bubwith - Opened 1 August 1848, Closed 20 September 1954
• High Field - Opened 1854, Closed 20 September 1954
• Foggathorpe - Opened 1853, Closed 20 September 1954
• Holme Moor - Opened 1 August 1848, Closed 20 September 1954
• Everingham - Opened 1853, Closed 20 September 1954
• Market Weighton - Opened 4 October 1847, Closed 29 November 1965
• Enthorpe - Opened 1 May 1890, Closed 20 September 1954
• Middleton-on-the-Wolds - Opened 1 May 1890, Closed 20 September 1954
• Bainton - Opened 1 May 1890, Closed 20 September 1954
• Southburn - Opened 1 May 1890, Closed 20 September 1954
• Driffield - Opened 6 October 1846

[edit] References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. 
• Bairstow, Martin (1990). Railways In East Yorkshire. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-871944-03-1.