The Selby Line is a secondary[1] railway line in Yorkshire, England, linking Leeds to Selby via Micklefield and then on to Kingston upon Hull (Hull).[2] Hull Trains, London North Eastern Railway, and Northern and TransPennine Express operate passenger trains on the line.
| Selby Line | |||
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| Status | Operational | ||
| Owner | Network Rail | ||
| Locale | Yorkshire | ||
| Termini | |||
| Stations | 16 | ||
| Service | |||
| Type | Heavy rail | ||
| System | National Rail | ||
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| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge | ||
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In the second half of 2018, a 9.5-mile (15.3 km) stretch of line between Howden and Hessle had all its semaphore signalling and signal boxes decommissioned in favour of digital control overseen by the Rail Operating Centre in York.[3] One of the crossing boxes at Crabley Creek has remained operational and worked by a Network Rail representative as the original deeds for the acquisition of the land by the railway company dictated that as long as the crossing existed, it should be staffed.[4] Most of the boxes were either boarded up or demolished, though those at Melton Lane and Gilberdyke junction were retained as welfare facilities for railway workers.[5]
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- ^ "Route Plans 2009: Route 10 North Cross-Pennine, North and West Yorkshire" (PDF). Network Rail. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "Named railway lines". National Rail. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ Williams, Alan (January 2019). "East Yorkshire begins to ROC". Modern Railways. Vol. 75, no. 844. Stamford: Key Publishing. p. 21. ISSN 0026-8356.
- ^ "A £50m system upgrade puts Yorkshire steam age signal boxes out of service". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ Wood, Alexandra (22 December 2018). "Changes signal end of an era for bells and levers". The Yorkshire Post. p. 8. ISSN 0963-1496.