Rawcliffe railway station

Rawcliffe railway station is a railway station that serves the village of Rawcliffe in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The station is located on the Pontefract Line and is 28 miles (45 km) east of Leeds.

Rawcliffe
Location
PlaceRawcliffe
Local authorityEast Riding of Yorkshire
Coordinates53.68902°N 0.95900°W / 53.68902; -0.95900
Grid referenceSE687218
Operations
Station codeRWC
Managed byNorthern
Number of platforms1
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 616
2015/16 800
2016/17 688
2017/18 342
2018/19 522
History
Key datesOpened 1848 (1848)
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Rawcliffe from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The line passing through here was once a busy passenger and freight link to the inland port of Goole (the line and station first being opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1848) but since the mid-1980s much of the traffic that once used this route has disappeared. The route is single track between Hensall and Goole, the level crossing here has been automated and the rail-served freight terminal in Goole docks sees little use. The station has also been downsized and its signal box demolished.

The former five trains each way per day service of the late 1980s (see British Rail National Passenger Timetables from May 1988-90) was cut in half in 1991 (due to shortage of rolling stock) and again in 2004, leaving only a residual "Parliamentary" minimum timetable in operation east of Knottingley to avoid the need for statutory closure proceedings - a situation that remains unchanged to this day.[1]

Facilities

The station is unstaffed with only part of the one remaining platform in use (though the defunct station building still stands and is used as a private residence). A single waiting shelter, timetable poster board and public telephone are the only facilities provided. Tickets can only be purchased in advance or on the train, as there is no ticketing provision. Step-free access is available between the car park and platform.[2]

Services

Rawcliffe is served by a limited service of 3 trains per day Monday-Saturday only. There are 2 trains per day to Leeds (1 in the morning and 1 in the evening) and 1 train per day to Goole (in the evening only). The station is not served on Sundays.[3]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Northern
Pontefract line Limited Service

References
  1. "The ghost trains haunting Britain’s rail network" Freeman, Sarah Yorkshire Post 28 April 2015; Retrieved 19 July 2016
  2. Rawcliffe station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 19 January 2017
  3. Table 32 National Rail timetable, May 2019


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