Horton-in-Ribblesdale railway station

Horton-in-Ribblesdale National Rail

Horton-in-Ribblesdale station
Location
Place Settle
Local authority Craven
Coordinates 54°08′58″N 2°18′07″W / 54.149380°N 2.302000°WCoordinates: 54°08′58″N 2°18′07″W / 54.149380°N 2.302000°W
Grid reference SD803726
Operations
Station code HIR
Managed by Northern Rail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  14,604
2005/06 Decrease 14,049
2006/07 Decrease 13,682
2007/08 Increase 15,474
2008/09 Increase 16,870
2009/10 Increase 17,114
2010/11 Increase 17,968
2011/12 Increase 19,008
2012/13 Decrease 16,176
2013/14 Decrease 15,912
History
1876 opened
1970 closed
1986 reopened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Horton-in-Ribblesdale from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Horton-in-Ribblesdale railway station is a small station in Horton in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, England on the Settle-Carlisle Line.

The station is served and managed by Northern Rail as are all the trains calling at the station.

It is located near to Pen-y-ghent, one of the mountains known collectively as the Yorkshire Three Peaks. The village of Horton in Ribblesdale is approximately 6 miles (10 km) north of Settle.

In the 1950s and 1960s under stationmaster Taylor, Horton won the Best Kept Station award for seventeen consecutive years.[1] The station lost its passenger service on 4 May 1970, but reopened in July 1986,[2] along with several other local stations on the line.

Service

It gets about one train every two hours in each direction. One to Leeds (seven in total) and one to Carlisle (five, plus one evening train that terminates at Ribblehead). There is an extra train in both directions on Saturdays, whilst there are three trains a day to both Leeds and Carlisle on Sundays. Dalesrail trains between Blackpool/Preston and Carlisle (one each way) also serve the station during the summer months.

References

  1. ↑ Kevin Law (2003–2006). "Helwith Bridge to Horton in Ribblesdale". The Settle & Carlisle Railway. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
  2. ↑ "Settle - Carlisle Line Key Events". Retrieved 2008-08-27.

External links

Media related to Horton-in-Ribblesdale railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Settle   Northern Rail
Settle-Carlisle Line		   Ribblehead