Hull and Doncaster Railway
| Hull and Doncaster Branch | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Other name(s) | Staddlethorpe Junction to Thorne Junction |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1869 |
| Technical | |
| Track length | 14.5 miles (23.3 km) |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
The Hull and Doncaster Branch is a secondary main railway line in England, connecting Kingston upon Hull to South Yorkshire and beyond via a branch from the Selby Line near Gilberdyke to a connection to the Barnsley to Barnetby Line at a junction near Thorne 8 miles northeast of Doncaster.
The line was sanctioned by parliament in 1864, and opened in 1869; much of the line is flat, with extensive straight sections; the crossing of the River Ouse required a major bridge, the Skelton Viaduct (or Goole swing bridge). There are two minor stations on the line Saltmarshe and Thorne North; the present Goole railway station was also created as part of the line, replacing an earlier terminus in the docks.
The Hull and Doncaster Line is a railway running from Staddlethorpe junction (also known as Giberdyke junction) on the Hull and Selby Line southwest past to the River Ouse crossing by the Skelton viaduct swing bridge near Skelton and then making an end on junction at Goole railway station.
At Goole the line diverges southwest passing over the westward running line of the former Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway (WP&GR); Knottingley and Goole Canal (Aire and Calder); and the Dutch River, then passing Thorne and crossing the Stainforth and Keadby Canal section of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation, connecting with the Barnsley to Barnetby Line at Thorne junction. The line then ran to Doncaster over the Barnsley to Barnetby branch line to Doncaster.
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