- Driffield railway station
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Driffield 
Location Place Driffield Local authority East Riding of Yorkshire Coordinates 54°00′05″N 0°25′55″W / 54.00150°N 0.43200°WCoordinates: 54°00′05″N 0°25′55″W / 54.00150°N 0.43200°W Grid reference TA027573 Operations Station code DRF Managed by Northern Rail Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 0.189 million 2005/06 * 
0.200 million2006/07 * 0.207 million2007/08 * 0.213 million2008/09 * 0.228 millionNational Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Driffield from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Driffield railway station serves the town of Driffield in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Yorkshire Coast Line and is operated by Northern Rail, providing all passenger train services.
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History
The station was opened by the York and North Midland Railway on 6 October 1846, at the same time as the line from Hull to Bridlington. The independent Malton & Driffield Railway company obtained parliamentary approval to build a branch line between there and Malton in the same year, but more than six years would pass before it was ready for traffic, the first train running in May 1853. This was never more than a rural branch line, but the final route into the town, from Selby via Market Weighton (opened on 1 May 1890), proved rather more important as it soon became busy with holiday traffic from the West Riding heading for the resorts further up the coast. Today, though only the original coast line remains in use, the Malton line having succumbed to road competition as long ago as June 1950, the Selby line falling victim to the Beeching Axe almost exactly fifteen years later[1] (closing on 14 June 1965).
Services
The station has a twice hourly service in each direction to Hull and Bridlington on weekdays, with nine trains continuing on to Scarborough. Many of the Hull services run through to Doncaster and Sheffield. There is an hourly service each way on Sundays, with a service every two hours to Scarborough throughout the year (rather than in summer only) since the timetable change in December 2009.[2]
Notes
References
- Body, G. (1988), PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough, ISBN 1-85260-072-1
External links
- Train times and station information for Driffield railway station from National Rail
- Driffield station at The Yorkshire Wolds Railway Restoration Project
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Northern Rail Historical Railways Y&NMR Disused Railways Malton & Driffield Railway Terminus NER Categories:- Railway stations in the East Riding of Yorkshire
- Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations
- Railway stations opened in 1846
- Railway stations served by Northern Rail
- DfT Category F1 stations
- Yorkshire and the Humber railway station stubs
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