Howden railway station

Howden National Rail
Location
Place Howden
Local authority East Riding of Yorkshire
Coordinates 53°45′53″N 0°51′36″W / 53.764735°N 0.860000°W / 53.764735; -0.860000Coordinates: 53°45′53″N 0°51′36″W / 53.764735°N 0.860000°W / 53.764735; -0.860000
Grid reference SE751304
Operations
Station code HOW
Managed by Northern Rail
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  49,564
2005/06 Increase 56,959
2006/07 Increase 69,474
2007/08 Increase 74,187
2008/09 Increase 83,992
2009/10 Decrease 76,712
2010/11 Increase 85,712
2011/12 Increase 94,634
2012/13 Increase 96,380
2013/14 Increase 0.103 million
2014/15 Decrease 99,484
History
Key dates Opened 1840 (1840)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Howden from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Howden railway station serves the town of Howden in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the town in the hamlet of North Howden. The station is managed by Northern Rail, but is also served by First TransPennine Express and First Hull Trains.

History

The station was originally opened by the Hull and Selby Railway on 1 July 1840 as Howden and Bubwith.[1] It was renamed to Howden on 16 April 1869, and to North Howden on 1 July 1922.[1] It was again renamed to Howden on 12 June 1961.[1] In 1987 it was designated a Grade II listed building and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.[2]

Services

The station has a somewhat irregular service frequency during the week, with gaps of anything from ten minutes to several hours depending on the time of day. All westbound trains call at Selby and then continue to either York (Northern) or London Kings Cross (Hull Trains). There is also a limited service to Leeds & Manchester Piccadilly (a.m. peak only). Eastbound there are sixteen daily departures to Hull provided by the various operators that call there.

On Sundays, five services are provided by First Hull Trains and eight services are provided by Northern Rail in each direction at various points throughout the day.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Selby   First Hull Trains
London-Hull
  Brough
Selby   First TransPennine Express
North TransPennine
Mondays-Saturdays only
  Gilberdyke
Northern Rail

References

  1. 1 2 3 Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
  2. Historic England. "North Howden Station (1346759)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

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