York & Selby Lines

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

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):

Leeds - Micklefield

* Leeds New station (now part of the Leeds City station)
* 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 [http://www.wymetro.com/PassesandSavings/ MetroCard] ticket scheme

elby 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

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.

External links

* [http://www.wymetro.com/TrainTravel/MetroTrainTimetablesAndRoutes/ List of all train services operating in West Yorkshire]