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Selby–Goole Line
The Selby–Goole line was a standard gauge branch line connecting Selby and Goole, built in 1910 by the North Eastern Railway (UK), North Eastern Railway. The line closed in the 1960s as part of the Beeching Axe, Beeching cuts. History A line connecting Goole to the rail network via Selby (Brayton, North Yorkshire, Brayton) was put before Parliament in 1845 ("Brayton and Goole Railway"), proposed by George Hudson and the York and North Midland Railway (Y&NMR); the line was rejected and another rival scheme, the Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway (later part of the L&YR) was accepted by parliament in the same year, becoming Goole's first rail link. At the time of the branch's construction Goole was served by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR), Selby by the North Eastern Railway (UK), North Eastern Railway, and Drax, North Yorkshire, Drax by the Hull and Barnsley Railway. However a bottleneck at the two-track Selby swing bridge (1840), Selby swing bridge on the alr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selby Canal
The Selby Canal is a canal with two locks, which bypasses the lower reaches of the River Aire in Yorkshire, England, from the village of West Haddlesey to the town of Selby where it joins the River Ouse. It opened in 1778, and provided the main outlet for the Aire and Calder Navigation until 1826, when it was bypassed by a new cut from Ferrybridge to Goole. Selby steadily declined after that, although traffic to York still used the canal. Powers to increase its depth were obtained in 1828, and the residents of Selby used legal action to ensure that the company complied with its own act of Parliament. The locks were enlarged in 1885, and subsequent history was uneventful, with the canal eventually coming under the control of British Waterways in 1962. When British Waterways also took control of the River Ouse, the canal was marketed as part of a through route to York, and the number of boats using it have steadily increased. Although not originally part of the canal, the secti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
