Ulleskelf railway station
Appearance
Ulleskelf Northern | |||||
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Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | ULL | ||||
Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1839 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
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Ulleskelf railway station in Ulleskelf, North Yorkshire, England, is 8.75 miles (14 km) south of York.
History
The station opened on 29 May 1839 on the
Northern. Though there are four tracks, the island platform
only serves the eastern pair.
Accidents and incidents
- On 24 November 1906, a passenger train, due to foggy conditions, overran signals and ran into the rear of a freight train.[5] Two fatalities were recorded; driver Dunham and fireman Edward Booth were killed instantaneously. Eight others were injured in the collision.[6]
- On 8 December 1981, a York to Liverpool express derailed 1,600 feet (500 m) north of the station. Whilst the locomotive stayed upright, all the carriages de-railed and carriages six and seven rolled down a steep bank. This resulted in 24 people requiring hospitalisation with nine of those being serious. One man later died of his injuries. The cause of the derailment was found to be a crack in one of the rails of the Up Normanton line.[7]
Services
Seventeen trains call at Ulleskelf on weekdays and Saturdays, with the majority in the morning and afternoon peak periods. Eight of these run to
Bridlington) southbound.[8]
Eleven trains call here on Sundays: five trains to York, five to
Selby. In addition, one rail replacement bus service runs between York and Moorthorpe
(for onward connections to/from Sheffield) in each direction in the early evening. No services run to or from Leeds.
In December 1997, a wheelchair-accessible footbridge opened.
Modernisation/electrification
In May 2021 as part of the
between York through Church Fenton to Manchester.As of April 2023, electrified rail lines run through Ulleskelf.
References
- OL 11956311M.
- ^ "View map: Yorkshire 205 (includes: Church Fenton; Kirkby Wharfe and North Milford; Saxton ... - Ordnance Survey Six-inch England and Wales, 1842-1952". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Explore georeferenced maps - Map images - National Library of Scotland". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ISBN 1-85260-072-1, p.172
- ISBN 0-906899-05-2.
- ^ Esbester, Mike (19 November 2018). "Fog, steam and speed: fireman Edward Booth's gravestone". Railway Work, Life & Death. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Report on the Derailment that occurred on the 8th December 1981 near Ulleskelf" (PDF). Railways Archive. Department of Transport. 8 December 1982. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ Table 23 National Rail timetable, December 2023
- ^ "Government announces £317m in Transpennine Route Upgrade investment". Rail Technology Magazine. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-5286-2947-8. Archived(PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Media, Insider. "Trans-Pennine Route Upgrade project moving to next phase". Insider Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ulleskelf railway station.
- Train times and station information for Ulleskelf railway station from National Rail
Preceding station | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Dearne Valley Line | ||||
Northern Hull-York Line | ||||
Northern York & Selby Lines | ||||
Historical railways | ||||
Church Fenton Line and station open |
North Eastern Railway | Bolton Percy Line open, station closed |