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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 on 19 May 1853.
Driffield, being near the centre of the Yorkshire Wolds, is named The Capital of the Wolds. [2] According to the 2011 UK census, Driffield parish had a population of 13,080, [1] an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 11,477. [3] The town was listed in the 2019 Sunday Times report on the Best Places to Live in northern England. [4]
Driffield is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is situated 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (5.6 km) east-south-east of Cirencester . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The parish includes the village of Harnhill .
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The Malton and Driffield Junction Railway, later known as the Malton and Driffield branch was a railway line in Yorkshire that ran between the towns of Malton, North Yorkshire and Driffield in the East Riding of Yorkshire. [2] The line was formally opened on 19 May 1853 with full public services starting on 1 June 1853.
The Selby–Driffield line formed part of a railway which connected the East Coast Main Line and the Yorkshire Coast Line. It crossed largely flat terrain and the Yorkshire Wolds and serviced the towns of Selby , Market Weighton , and Driffield .
The area around the station is a junction for a number of lines, including the former East Coast Main Line route between Doncaster and York, the Selby to Driffield Line (1848) and the Selby to Goole Line (1910). After 1983, with the opening of the Selby Diversion, Selby is no longer on the East Coast Main Line.