Sherburn-in-Elmet railway station

Sherburn-in-Elmet railway station serves the village of Sherburn-in-Elmet near Selby in North Yorkshire, England. The station is located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) from the village and is 12.75 miles (21 km) south of York.

Sherburn-in-Elmet
View looking south
Location
Place	Sherburn-in-Elmet
Local authority	Selby
Coordinates	53.797400°N 1.232800°W / 53.797400; -1.232800
Grid reference	SE506337
Operations
Station code	SIE
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	44,254
2015/16	50,132
2016/17	47,488
2017/18	51,986
2018/19	59,632
History
1840	opened
13 September 1965	Closed
9 July 1984	Reopened
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Sherburn-in-Elmet from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The railway through Sherburn-in-Elmet was opened in 1840 by the York and North Midland Railway. The station was closed on 13 September 1965[1] but reopened in 1984 by British Rail with local authority support.

Sherburn-in-Elmet is on both the Dearne Valley Line and the Hull-York Line towards Selby. Trains to/from the latter use the curve south of the station to the former Leeds and Selby Railway at Gascoigne Wood Junction, which was opened just a few months after the main Y&NMR route. This line became the main rail route between Hull and York after the route via Market Weighton and Beverley fell victim to the Beeching Axe in November 1965, though many of its trains were in turn diverted via the newly constructed north curve at Hambleton and the East Coast Main Line Selby Deviation when this opened in 1983. Since the mid-1990s though, a number of Hull - York trains have reverted to the old route to provide Sherburn with commuter links to and from York in the wake of cutbacks to the Dearne Valley line timetable (this had seven trains each way when the station reopened in 1984,[2] but now has only two - see below) and avoid the increasingly busy ECML.

Facilities

The station is unmanned and has waiting shelters on each platform (but no other permanent buildings).[1] Tickets must be bought in advance or on the train, as there are no ticket purchasing facilities at the station (though Northern has stated their intention to provide them in the near future). Train running information is provided by timetable posters and telephone (a payphone is located on platform 2). The two platforms are linked by a barrier level crossing formerly used by road traffic - wheelchair users are advised not to use this due to gaps in the boards. There are access ramps to both platforms.[3]

Services

On Mondays to Saturdays, there are now eighteen trains per day to York (up from fourteen in the previous timetable) on a basic hourly frequency - these mostly run from Bridlington via Hull and Selby, though three come from Sheffield via the Dearne Valley Line. A similar service level operates southbound, with thirteen trains to Selby, Hull and Bridlington, plus three to Sheffield.[4] Most of the extra trains call in the afternoon and evening, giving the station a much better service at those times.

On Sundays, there are six trains to Hull, two to Sheffield and eight to York.

References

1. Sherburn-in-Elmet Railway Station Thompson, N; Geograph.org; Retrieved 2013-12-09
2. UK National Rail Timetable 1984-5 Edition, Table 33
3. Sherburn-in-Elmet station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 30 November 2016
4. GB National Rail Timetable December 2019 Edition, Table 33 (Network Rail)

External links

• Train times and station information for Sherburn-in-Elmet railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Pontefract Baghill		Northern Dearne Valley Line		Church Fenton
Selby		Northern Hull-York Line		Church Fenton