Gargrave railway station

Gargrave
Location
Place Gargrave
Local authority Craven
Grid reference SD932535
Operations
Station code GGV
Managed by Northern Rail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
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Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *   25,057
2005/06 * 37,149
2006/07 * 34,311
2007/08 * 15,578
2008/09 * 20,318
History
1849 Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Gargrave from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Gargrave railway station serves the village of Gargrave in North Yorkshire, England. It is 30 miles (48 km) north west of Leeds on the Leeds to Morecambe Line operated by Northern Rail who also manage the station.

The station was opened on 30 July 1849 by the "little" North Western Railway, later taken over by the Midland Railway.[1] The original stone shelters survive on each platform, but the main wooden station building is now in private use.[2]

Contents

Pennine Way

The Pennine Way, a long distance path, crosses the railway a few hundred yards to the west of the station.

Services

Monday to Saturdays there are ten services per day from Gargrave southbound to Leeds whilst northbound there are services to Carlisle (three trains per day plus an evening train to Ribblehead only) and Morecambe (five per day, including one through train to Heysham Port).

On Sundays there are six trains to Leeds, four trains to Morecambe and two to Carlisle (the latter being introduced for the first time in May 2009). The Morecambe line has also had its service improved at the May 2011 timetable change, with the two trains that formerly ran only from May to September up until 2010 now extended to run throughout the year.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Skipton   Northern Rail
Leeds to Morecambe Line
  Hellifield
Skipton   Northern Rail
Settle-Carlisle Line
  Hellifield
Historical railways
Skipton   Midland Railway
"Little" North Western Railway
  Bell Busk

Notes

  1. ^ Bairstow, p. 96
  2. ^ Bairstow, p. 4

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