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RailRef Line Codes HB
Hull & Barnsley Railway
Signal Fact 44
There was a limit beyond which mechanical facing points were not permitted to be worked from a signal cabin.
As time went by the permitted distance was extended:
1874: 120 yards
1877: 150 yards
1885: 180 yards
1900: 200 yards
1908: 250 Yards
1925: 350 yards
This page should be regarded as “Work in Progress”. The webmaster will welcome additional information for this page.
In the list below the information is set out in tabular form, spread over four columns. The column entries are -
| RailRef | The Line Code used in RailRef system. |
| Line Detail | The principal locations included within the Line Code. They are arranged in 'down' direction order. Locations shown are primarily stations and junctions to allow easy cross check against published atlases. Signal box names appear in italics where these are 'intermediate' to stations or have been shown to facilitate links from other pages on this web site. The inclusion of a station or junction name does not imply that there was always a signal box of that same name! |
| SBR | The section reference used in the relevant Signal Box Register published by the Society. |
| ELR | The corresponding Engineer's Line Reference(s). This will be blank for railways that never came within British Railways terms of reference. It will also be blank where British Railways had no surviving responsibility for infrastructure at the time the ELR system came into use. |
| RailRef | Line Detail | SBR | ELR |
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| HB001 | Stairfoot Junction GCR - Wrangbrook Junction datum Hull Alexandra Dock 55m73c Stairfoot East Junction GC270 |
HBR3 | |
| HB002 | New Oaks Colliery Branch datum 55m57c New Oaks Colliery Junction HB001 |
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| HB003 | Monk Bretton Junction MR - Carlton Main Junction datum Hull Alexandra Dock 54m00c Monk Bretton Junction MR842 |
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| HB004 | Cudworth South Junction MR - Cudworth South Junction datum Hull Alexandra Dock 54m21c Cudworth Station South Junction MR840 |
CUS | |
| HB005 | Carlton Exchange Sidings MR - Cudworth South Junction datum Hull Alexandra Dock 53m20c Cudworth North Junction MR840 |
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| HB006 | Cudworth Yard North - Monckton Main Colliery datum near Cudworth South Junction Cudworth Yard North Junction HB001 |
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| HB006c | Monkton Main Colliery Empties Branch datum 1m03c Monkton Main CollieryLNER 1947, closed c1961 according to Cobb. Phil Deaves says opened 1 June 1958.. |
MNC | |
| HB007 | Hemsworth Loop datum Hull Alexandra Dock 48m12c Hemsworth South Junction (1) WR001(1) Signal Box diagram gives mileage as 49m09c and names it as Hemsworth G N Ry Junction. |
HLO | |
| HB007c | BR 1960 Spur datum Wrangbrook West Junction HB001 |
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| HB010 | Wrangbrook Junction - Aire Junction datum Hull Alexandra Dock 44m64c Wrangbrook Junction HB001 HB011HBR3: Wrangbrook Junction - Gowdall Junction DRA1: Cowdall Junction - Aire Junction |
HBR3 DRA1 |
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| HB011 | Wath (H&B) - Wrangbrook Junction
8m47c Wath |
WBR | |
| HB012 | Manvers Main Colliery - Wath Junction datum Wath Junction 0m00c Wath Station Junction HB011Allocation of MAC is uncertain. Quoted as 0m18c - 0m57c. For a period a connection existed from Wath GCR and ran over part of this line. MAC could equally belong to the connection from Wath North (MR) that crossed over this line by bridge to reach Manvers Main. |
MAC | |
| HB013 | Hickleton Colliery Junction - DVR Hickleton Colliery Spur
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| HB014 | Frickley Colliery Branch
0m43c Frickley Colliery1960 and 1972 Appendices show down from Frickley to Moorhouse. |
FRC1 | |
| HB015 | Lowfield Junction GCR - Wrangbrook (North) Junction datum Wrangbrook North Junction 11m39c Lowfield Junction GC270 |
DEN PIC |
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| HB016 | Pickburn Junction - Brodsworth Main Colliery
0m00c Pickburn Junction HB015 |
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| HB017 | Hensall Junction LYR - Gowdall Junction datum Hull Alexandra Dock 35m53c (0m00c) Hensall Junction LY360Mileages in brackets are those applicable from 1974 when the curve was reused to access Drax Power Station. |
DRA1 | |
| HB020 GC250 |
Braithwell Junction - Aire Junction
21m31c Braithwell Junction HB023 GC233 |
GBL | |
| HB021 | Bramley & Maltby Goods Branch
Bramley & Maltby (Hellaby) Goods(1) aka Hellaby Junction |
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| HB022 MR673 |
Thurcroft Colliery Branch
Thurcroft Sidings Junction HB023 |
THC | |
| HB023 GC232 MR672 |
Laughton West Junction - Braithwell Junction datum Brancliffe East Junction 4m24c GC/MR - GC/HB/MR boundary GC230(1) aka Hellaby Junction THC: Laughton West Junction - Thurcroft Sidings Junction RML1: Thurcroft Sidings Junction - Braithwell Junction |
THC RML1 |
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| HB024 GC251 |
Yorkshire Main Colliery Branch
16m39c Warmsworth Junction HB020 |
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| HB025 GC253 |
Doncaster Curve
Doncaster South Junction HB020 |
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| HB026 GC254 |
Doncaster Goods Branch
0m00c Doncaster North Junction HB020 |
YRG | |
| HB027 GC255 |
Bentley Colliery Branch
0m00c Bullcroft (south) Junction HB020 |
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| HB028 | Bullcroft Colliery - Bullcroft Junction datum Bullcroft Junction 0m00c Bullcroft (south) Junction HB020Connection to GN/GC joint at Skellow Junction is by transfer siding parallel with GN/GC line, not justifying a RailRef. |
BCC | |
| HB030 | Aire Junction - Alexandra Dock, Hull
34m41c (1m12c) Aire Junction HB010 HB020(1) Carlton Towers from 1922 (2) South Howden from 1922 (3) Newport Yorks from 1921 then Wallingfen from 1923 DRA1: Aire Junction - Power Station Junction, new mileages in brackets. HBR2: Power Station Junction - Springbank North Junction ADH1: Springbank North Junction - Bridges Junction HBR1: Bridges Junction - Alexandra Dock 1947 Appendix seems to list line as down from Alexandra Dock to Aire Junction to Cudworth and Stairfoot, but this appendix is unreliable in this resepct. 1960 Appendix lists Springbank North to West as 'down'. |
DRA1 HBR2 ADH1 HBR1 |
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| HB030c | Drax Curve datum Junction HB030BR 1974, part of Drax Power Station branch |
DRA1 | |
| HB031 | Locomotive Junction - Springbank North Junction
1m02c Locomotive Junction HB030(1) signal box diagram for box gives 4m62c from Alexandra Dock. SPY1: Springhead Goods Loop, Locomotive Junction - Springbank West |
SPY1 | |
| HB032 | Springbank West Junction - Neptune Street Goods
2m44c Springbank West Junction HB031SPY2: Springbank West Junction - Springbank East Junction ADH2: BR 1951 Junction - Springbank South Junction, remiled from 0m00c at Hessle Road Junction to 0m78c at Springbank South Junction. |
SPY2 ADH2 |
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| HB033 | Springbank South Junction - Springbank North Junction datum 4m59c Springbank South Junction HB032 |
ADH1 | |
| HB034 | Dairycoates Depot - Dairycoates Branch Junction datum 0m59c Springbank South Junction HB033 |
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| HB035 | Hessle Road Junction 1951 Connection datum 0m00c Hessle Road Junction NE050BR 1951 connection |
ADH2 | |
| HB036 | Springbank Road Junction - Walton Street Junction datum 1m55c Springbank Road Junction HB030 |
SPW | |
| HB037 | Radiator Works Branch datum Alexandra Dock 4m02c National Radiator WorksConnections also from Cottingham Junction to the works. |
RWB | |
| HB038 | Beverley Road Junction - Cannon Street
0m00c Beverley Road Junction HB030 |
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| HB039 | Sculcoates Junction - Sculcoates (H&B) Goods datum 0m00c Sculcoates Goods Junction HB030SSG: Goods Branch is only 25 chains long. SPS: OS maps show a link from the Goods Yard to a power station in the vee between HB030 and HB038. This parallel to HB030 and BR Residual still have an item along the line of route. |
SSG SPS |
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| HB039c | Gasworks Branchdatum
0m00c Sculcoates Gas Junction HB030Shown on 1914 RCH junction map. |
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| HB039f | Wilmington Curve datum 1m37c Burleigh Street North Junction HB030BR 1969 - 1976 |
WCE | |
| HB039i | British Extracting Works Branch datum Stoneferry WorksThe 1911 map shows the formation but no track and states 'old railway'. 1893 map shows track in place but not connected at the NER end. The section may well have been built to make a link but then not used until the Extraction Works was built some time between the 1911 and 1938 editions of the OS maps. |
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| HB040 | connection with works lines - Burleigh Street Junction datum 1m47c - 1m22c |
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| HB041 | Burleigh Street Goods Junction - Burleigh Street Goods
0m00c Burleigh Street Goods Junction HB030 |
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| HB042 | Alexandra Dock Junction - King George Dock datum Alexandra Dock Junction HB030KGV: Alexandra Dock Junction - King George Dock Junction KGD: King George Dock Junction - King George Dock |
KGV KGD |
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| HB043 | Saltend Branch datum Hessle Road Junction King George Dock Junction |
HJS |