South Milford railway station

South Milford railway station serves the villages of South Milford and Sherburn in Elmet in North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Selby Line 13 miles (21 km) east of Leeds.

South Milford
National Rail
Platform 2 looking West towards Leeds
General information
LocationSouth Milford, Selby
England
Coordinates53°46′57″N 1°15′04″W / 53.782420°N 1.251140°W / 53.782420; -1.251140
Grid referenceSE494320
Managed byNorthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSOM
ClassificationDfT category F1
History
Opened1834
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.173 million
2019/20Increase 0.177 million
2020/21Decrease 26,662
2021/22Increase 79,192
2022/23Increase 97,572
Location
Map
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

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The station was opened in 1834 as Milford railway station on the Leeds and Selby Railway. The name was changed to South Milford station in 1867,[1] however, some early timetables refer to the station as Milford Bridge.[2] The Leeds and Selby Railway was leased to George Hudson, which allowed him to divert all traffic via his line through Methley. As such, between 1848 and 1850, no railway traffic moved west of Milford, and even by 1850, this was restarted as only local traffic.[3] During the early years of operation at Milford, the platforms at the station were known to be causing problems for passengers as they were only 6 inches (150 mm) above the level of the rail lines.[4]

Facilities at the station are limited – there are shelters on each platform and passenger information screens and ticket machines were installed in 2018 as part of a programme of station improvements by the operator. There is no footbridge or subway.[5]

The station did have buildings and a signal box up until at least 1979 (the main building was one of the last remaining examples of original Leeds and Selby Railway architecture), but these were subsequently demolished.[6]

Services

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On Monday to Saturday daytimes, the station is served by a Northern hourly local service, which runs in each direction between Hull Paragon Interchange and Halifax via Leeds and Bradford Interchange.[7] This is an extension of the former Leeds to Selby local stopping service that called here prior to the winter 2019 timetable change. A few additional trains operate at peak times.

On Sundays, there is also an hourly service each way but running between Selby and Leeds only.

One TransPennine Express service in each direction calls here on Mondays-Saturdays. One Transpennine Express service from Hull to Leeds will call here on Sunday evenings from 19 February 2023.[8]

Preceding station     National Rail   Following station
TransPennine Express
North TransPennine
Northern
  Historical railways  
Micklefield
Line and station open
  North Eastern Railway
Leeds and Selby Railway
  Gascoigne Wood Junction
Line open, station closed

References

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  1. ^ Hitches, Mike (2013), Steam Around York & East Riding (electronic book), Chap.1 York
  2. ^ Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 418. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  3. ^ Hoole, K. (1986). The North East (3 ed.). [Newton Abbot]: David St John Thomas. p. 32. ISBN 0946537313.
  4. ^ Tomlinson, William Weaver (1915). The North Eastern Railway, its rise and development. Newcastle: A Reid and Co. p. 412. OCLC 854595777.
  5. ^ South Milford station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 29 November 2016
  6. ^ "South Milford"Railway Architecture of North East England; Retrieved 18 November 2016
  7. ^ GB eNRT December 2019 Edition, Table 40
  8. ^ "Transpennine North timetables". Transpennin Express. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
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