South Milford railway station

South Milford
South Milford
	Platform 2 looking West towards Leeds
General information
Location	South Milford, Selby; England
Coordinates	53°46′57″N 1°15′04″W / 53.782420°N 1.251140°W
Grid reference	SE494320
Managed by	Northern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SOM
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	1834
Passengers
2018/19	0.173 million
2019/20	0.177 million
2020/21	26,662
2021/22	79,192
2022/23	97,572
Location
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

History[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ Hitches, Mike (2013), Steam Around York & East Riding (electronic book), Chap.1 York
^ 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.
^ Hoole, K. (1986). The North East (3 ed.). [Newton Abbot]: David St John Thomas. p. 32. ISBN 0946537313.
^ Tomlinson, William Weaver (1915). The North Eastern Railway, its rise and development. Newcastle: A Reid and Co. p. 412. OCLC 854595777.
^ South Milford station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 29 November 2016
^ "South Milford"Railway Architecture of North East England; Retrieved 18 November 2016
^ GB eNRT December 2019 Edition, Table 40
^ "Transpennine North timetables". Transpennin Express. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

External links[edit]

Train times and station information for South Milford railway station from National Rail

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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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v t e Railway stations in the Selby District
National Rail	Church Fenton Hensall Selby Sherburn-in-Elmet South Milford Ulleskelf Whitley Bridge
Disused stations	Balne Barlow Bolton Percy Burton Salmon Carlton Cawood Cliffe Common Drax Abbey Drax Hales Duffield Gate Escrick Gascoigne Wood Junction Hambleton Heck Menthorpe Gate Milford Junction Monk Fryston Newton Kyme Riccall Selby Brayton Gates Skipwith Stutton Tadcaster Temple Hirst Thorganby Wistow