Gargrave railway station

Gargrave
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Location
Place	Gargrave
Local authority	Craven
Coordinates
Grid reference	SD932535
Operations
Station code	GGV
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	25,057
2005/06	37,149
2006/07	34,311
2007/08	15,578
2008/09	20,318
2009/10	18,122
2010/11	21,370
2011/12	21,890
2012/13	21,478
2013/14	23,738
2014/15	29,176
History
1849	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* 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 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. The original stone shelters survive on each platform, but the main wooden station building is now in private use.

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 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.

Further enhancements will be brought in after the new Northern Rail franchise agreement comes into effect in April 2016 - rolling stock will be improved, there will be additional services introduced (two extra on weekdays and one on Sundays) and the timetable altered to give arrivals in both Leeds and Lancaster before 09:00 and a later last train from Leeds than at present.

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

References

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

External links

• Train times and station information for Gargrave railway station from National Rail