Leeds and Selby Railway

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The Leeds and Selby Railway is one of the earliest railways in northern England, originally built to link the industrial city of Leeds with the port of Selby and later integrated into the developing regional rail network.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early British railway ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
connectedPort Selby port ⓘ
connectedTo Hull and Selby Railway ⓘ
York and North Midland Railway network ⓘ
connectsCity Leeds ⓘ
connectsTown Selby ⓘ
constructionStart 1830 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentOperator Network Rail ⓘ
designedBy James Walker ⓘ
electrificationStatus not electrified along most of its length ⓘ
engineer James Walker ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
historicalSignificance early main line route in Yorkshire ⓘ
one of the earliest railways in northern England ⓘ
impact contributed to industrial growth of Leeds ⓘ
facilitated export of Yorkshire coal via Selby ⓘ
integratedInto regional rail network of northern England ⓘ
laterOwner British Railways ⓘ
linked to: British Rail

London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ
North Eastern Railway ⓘ
York and North Midland Railway ⓘ
length approximately 20 miles ⓘ
lineNumberOfTracks double track on most sections ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
locatedInRegion North Yorkshire ⓘ
West Yorkshire ⓘ
notableFeature direct route between Leeds and the River Ouse at Selby ⓘ
early use of deep cuttings and embankments ⓘ
opened 1834 ⓘ
openingDate 22 September 1834 ⓘ
originalOwner Leeds and Selby Railway Company ⓘ
partOf TransPennine route ⓘ
northern England rail network ⓘ
passesThrough Cross Gates ⓘ
Garforth ⓘ
Micklefield ⓘ
Sherburn-in-Elmet area ⓘ
South Milford ⓘ
primaryTraffic coal ⓘ
general freight ⓘ
passengers ⓘ
purpose to link the industrial city of Leeds with the port of Selby ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
terminus Leeds ⓘ
Selby ⓘ
trackGauge 1435 mm ⓘ

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York and North Midland Railway → connectedTo → Leeds and Selby Railway ⓘ
Selby railway station → openedBy → Leeds and Selby Railway ⓘ
Leeds and Selby Railway → originalOwner → Leeds and Selby Railway Company ⓘ
linked to: Leeds and Selby Railway