Doncaster 7.7.1986

DONCASTER

56 091 Doncaster 7.7.1986

31 306 Doncaster 7.7.1986

47 228 Doncaster 7.7.1986

43 050 Doncaster 7.7.1986

E41044 Doncaster 7.7.1986

43 050 Doncaster 7.7.1986

56 091 Doncaster 7.7.1986

37 120 Doncaster 7.7.1986

(All pics 7.7.1986 copyright Steve Sainsbury/Rail Thing)

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My railway comfort zone is fairly limited - southern England and Switzerland. Outside those areas my knowledge is patchy, and gets patchier the further out I go!

I was a year into my driving job when I snatched the chance to visit Doncaster station. I knew it was a busy place, but didn't know where lines went or what traffic was carried. These pictures are from a visit of about an hour, pre-electrification of course! As well as HSTs and First Generation DMUs there were class 56s on coal trains, a class 31, class 37 and class 47. Not bad at all!

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Oxford 1986

OXFORD

(All 2.7.1986 copyright Steve Sainsbury/Rail Thing)

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My only visit to Oxford (other than passing through) was on 2 July 1986. The station was busy with plenty of variety and just about all is history now, though I suspect the station is even busier these days. Oxford always had a reputation of providing a big variety from most of the old regions of BR. Back in 1986 it was just so easy, plonk yourself on a platform and just watch the classic traction come in!

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Lincolnshire backwater in 1985

GAINSBOROUGH LEA ROAD

(All pics 19.6.1985 copyright Steve Sainsbury/Rail Thing)

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Back in 1985 I was driving a lorry around the country, a very cheap way to visit lots of places and take lots of photos!

A part of the country I really don't know very well is Lincolnshire. Southern and Western Region, and Switzerland I know like the back of my hand, most if not all of the railways, same with the stations.

So I turned up at this strange little place, I knew it was one of two stations in Gainsborough, and I vaguely knew (this was pre-Internet of course!) that it didn't see many passenger trains. But I was lucky enough to snap a class 56 on a freight in the twenty minutes or so I was there.

The line and station are still there of course - hopefully they get a few more passenger trains these days!

Ulleskelf 1985

ULLESKELF

(All 18.6.1985 copyright Steve Sainsbury/Rail Thing)

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There are a couple of my pet hates here at Ulleskelf station back in 1985 - dull weather and an island platform! Both help take interest out of photos! This is a small station south of York on the East Coast Main Line so the compensation - back then anyway - was a decent variety of workings and locomotives, all diesel back in 1985 of course.

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Ulleskelf railway station

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Ulleskelf
Northbound view
Location
Place	Ulleskelf
Local authority	Selby
Coordinates	53.853560°N 1.214060°WCoordinates: 53.853560°N 1.214060°W
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 andonward 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
History
Key dates	Opened 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.

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.^[2]

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