Ulleskelf railway station

Ulleskelf
Northbound view
Location
Place	Ulleskelf
Local authority	Selby
Coordinates
Grid reference	SE517399
Operations
Station code	ULL
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2 (1 island)
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	7,429
2005/06	7,449
2006/07	4,785
2007/08	4,218
2008/09	3,894
2009/10	5,102
2010/11	6,084
2011/12	6,312
2012/13	6,420
2013/14	7,130
2014/15	6,958
History
Key dates	Opened 1839 (1839)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ulleskelf from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Ulleskelf railway station serves Ulleskelf in North Yorkshire, England. The station is 8.75 miles (14 km) south of York.

History

The station opened on 29 May 1839 on the York and North Midland Railway near where it crossed the River Wharfe. Nowadays, the station is unstaffed, and all trains that call there are run by Northern Rail.

Accidents and incidents

• On 24 November 1906, a passenger train overran signals and ran into the rear of a freight train.

Services

Despite it being on three lines, only ten trains a day (Monday to Saturday) call at Ulleskelf. Five to York northbound and two to Sheffield and three to Leeds (two of the latter continue to Blackpool North) southbound.

A similar service runs on Sundays, four trains to York northbound, two to Sheffield and two to Hull southbound.

In December 1997, a wheelchair accessible footbridge opened.

External links

• Train times and station information for Ulleskelf railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Church Fenton		Northern Rail Dearne Valley Line Mondays-Saturdays only		York
		Northern Rail Hull-York Line Mondays-Saturdays only
		Northern Rail York & Selby Lines Mondays-Saturdays only