Gargrave railway station

Gargrave National Rail
Location
Place Gargrave
Local authority Craven
Coordinates 53°58′42″N 2°06′18″W / 53.9783°N 2.1050°W / 53.9783; -2.1050Coordinates: 53°58′42″N 2°06′18″W / 53.9783°N 2.1050°W / 53.9783; -2.1050
Grid reference SD932535
Operations
Station code GGV
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Decrease 21,478
2013/14 Increase 23,738
2014/15 Increase 29,176
2015/16 Decrease 26,570
2016/17 Increase 27,856
History
Key dates Opened 30 July 1849 (30 July 1849)
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 and Road statistics. 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 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]

Midland Railway wagon card for a consignment from Gargrave to Skipton (issued 24 March 1900)

Facilities

It is unstaffed and has no ticket machine, so passengers must buy tickets in advance or on the train. Train running information is provided by timetable posters and telephone, though Northern have plans to install digital information screens here as part of an improvement package for various rural stations on this route in the coming years.[3] Step-free access is only possible for southbound travellers, as the northbound platform can only be reached via steps from the road bridge.[4]

Pennine Way

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

Services

The service level from here in both directions was increased at the May 2018 timetable change, as a consequence of the 2015 Northern franchise award to Arriva Rail North.[5]. The improvements included two additional trains each way on the Leeds - Lancaster route on weekdays and an extra train on Sundays - these began operating on 20 May 2018 with the start of the summer timetable. In total there are now twelve departures northbound (up from ten) - seven to Lancaster and four to Carlisle, plus one evening train to Ribblehead. Three of the Lancaster trains continue to Morecambe, but the daily direct Heysham train has now ceased. Southbound there are eleven departures to Leeds, plus a single late evening departure to Skipton only.

Eight trains each way call on Sundays (five to Lancaster, three to Carlisle northbound).[6]

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

Notes

  1. ↑ Bairstow, p. 96
  2. ↑ Bairstow, p. 4
  3. ↑ "Official Opening For New Giggleswick Shelter Community Rail Lancashire news article; Retrieved 15 December 2016
  4. ↑ Gargrave Station Details National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 25 November 2016
  5. ↑ Northern Franchise Improvements - DfT
  6. ↑ Table 42 National Rail timetable, May 2018

References

  • Bairstow, M. (2000), The 'Little' North Western Railway, Martin Bairstow, Leeds, ISBN 1-871944-21-X


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