 The line made a junction with the M&DJR at Driffield ("Driffield Junction West") just west of the M&DJR's junction with the Hull to Bridlington Line.As a result of the 1921 Railways Act, in 1923 the line became part of the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER).In 1948 after nationalisation of the railway as a result of the Transport Act 1947 the line became part of the North Eastern Region of British Railways.