Selby–Goole line
However a bottleneck at the two-track Selby swing bridge on the already busy East Coast Main Line from London to Scotland meant that freight trains were often delayed, the building of the line was therefore desirable since it offered another path to the port of Hull via Goole for the coal and other freight that was exported via the port at that time.[5] Construction of the railway began in 1907, with Baldry & Yerburgh chosen as contractors, and A. C. Mitchell and W. J. Cudworth acting as the NER's engineers.[6] North-west of the crossing with the Hull and Barnsley Railway only parts of the embanked trackbed remain, the bridges and track having been removed.The line to Barlow continued to be used to the WD depot and was extended 0.5 miles (0.8 km) in October 1966 to provide connection to Drax Power Station when it was being built.[10] The crossing with the Hull and Barnsley now forms the southern perimeter of Drax Power Station, which is fed from the H&BR.
Leeds & Selby RlySelby Canalformer ECML to SelbyBarlowDrax Power StationHull and Barnsley RailwayDrax HalesRiver AireAirmyn and RawcliffeNorth Eastern RailwayBeeching cutsBraytonGeorge HudsonYork and North Midland RailwayWakefield, Pontefract and Goole RailwayLancashire and Yorkshire RailwaySelby swing bridgeEast Coast Main LineLeeds and Selby RailwayHull and Doncaster BranchGoole stationrailcarsEdward FletcherLNER Class G5sSentinelA645 roadBeeching AxeFlanders and SwannSlow TrainDrax Abbey railway stationWayback MachineHoole, KenMidland Main LineCross Country RouteHallam LineHope Valley lineLeeds–Morecambe lineDoncaster–Lincoln lineNorthallerton–Eaglescliffe lineSheffield–Lincoln lineSettle–Carlisle lineAiredale lineAskern branch lineBarton lineCalder Valley lineDearne Valley lineEsk Valley lineHarrogate lineHuddersfield lineHull–ScarboroughLeeds–Bradford linesLeeds–Northallerton railwayPenistone LinePontefract lineSelby DiversionSelby LineSouth Humberside Main LineStocksbridge RailwaySwinton–DoncasterWakefield lineWharfedale lineYork–ScarboroughBarnsley–DoncasterBeeston Junction–Hunslet Goods railwayBradford–Leeds & WakefieldBrockholes–HolmfirthClayton West branchDearne Valley RailwayGilling and PickeringHarrogate–Church FentonHarrogate Gasworks RailwayHuddersfield–KirkburtonHull–Barnsley (Cudworth)Hull and HoldernessHull and HornseaKnaresborough–YorkLeeds–HarrogateLow Moor–MirfieldMalton–DriffieldMiddlesbrough–GuisboroughMiddlesbrough–Guisborough–NormanbyHuddersfield–BradfordLockwood–MelthamNunthorpe–BattersbyOtley–IlkleyPilmoor–KnaresboroughQueensbury linesRosedale RailwayRoyston to ThornhillScarborough–WhitbySeamer–PickeringSelby–DriffieldShipley Great Northern Railway branch lineSowerby Bridge–RishworthSkipton–GrassingtonSkipton–IlkleySpurn railwayThirsk and Malton lineWetherby–Cross Gates (Leeds)Whitby–LoftusWoodhead lineYork–Market Weighton–BeverleyYork–York (Foss Island)Derwent Valley Light RailwayElsecar Heritage RailwayEmbsay and Bolton Abbey Steam RailwayKeighley & Worth Valley RailwayMiddleton RailwayNorth Bay RailwayNorth Yorkshire Moors RailwayWensleydale RailwayColsterdale Light RailwayNidd Valley Light RailwayNorth Holderness Light RailwaySand Hutton Light RailwayWhistlestop Valley