South Milford
Platform 2 looking West towards Leeds
General information
Location	South Milford, Selby England
Coordinates	53°46′57″N 1°15′04″W / 53.782420°N 1.251140°W / 53.782420; -1.251140
Grid reference	SE494320
Managed by	Northern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SOM
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	1834
Passengers
2018/19	0.173 million
2019/20	0.177 million
2020/21	26,662
2021/22	79,192
2022/23	97,572
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

South Milford railway station serves the villages of South Milford and Sherburn in Elmet in North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Selby Line 13 miles (21 km) east of Leeds.

History

The station was opened in 1834 as Milford railway station on the Leeds and Selby Railway. The name was changed to South Milford station in 1867,^[1] however, some early timetables refer to the station as Milford Bridge.^[2] The Leeds and Selby Railway was leased to George Hudson, which allowed him to divert all traffic via his line through Methley. As such, between 1848 and 1850, no railway traffic moved west of Milford, and even by 1850, this was restarted as only local traffic.^[3] During the early years of operation at Milford, the platforms at the station were known to be causing problems for passengers as they were only 6 inches (150 mm) above the level of the rail lines.^[4]

Facilities at the station are limited – there are shelters on each platform and passenger information screens and ticket machines were installed in 2018 as part of a programme of station improvements by the operator. There is no footbridge or subway.^[5]

The station did have buildings and a signal box up until at least 1979 (the main building was one of the last remaining examples of original Leeds and Selby Railway architecture), but these were subsequently demolished.^[6]

Services

On Monday to Saturday daytimes, the station is served by a Northern hourly local service, which runs in each direction between Hull Paragon Interchange and Halifax via Leeds and Bradford Interchange.^[7] This is an extension of the former Leeds to Selby local stopping service that called here prior to the winter 2019 timetable change. A few additional trains operate at peak times.

On Sundays, there is also an hourly service each way but running between Selby and Leeds only.

One TransPennine Express service in each direction calls here on Mondays-Saturdays. One Transpennine Express service from Hull to Leeds will call here on Sunday evenings from 19 February 2023.^[8]

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Garforth		TransPennine Express North TransPennine		Selby
Micklefield		Northern Selby Line
	Historical railways
Micklefield Line and station open		North Eastern Railway Leeds and Selby Railway		Gascoigne Wood Junction Line open, station closed