Gargrave railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Gargrave
code = GGV

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manager = Northern Rail
locale = Gargrave
borough = Craven
start =
platforms = 2
lowusage0405 = 25,057
lowusage0506 = 37,149
lowusage0607 = 34,311
years = 1849
events = Opened

Gargrave railway station serves the village of Gargrave in North Yorkshire, England. It is 48 km (30 miles) 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. [Bairstow, p.96] The original stone shelters survive on each platform, but the main wooden station building is now in private use. [Bairstow, p.4]

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 nine services per day from Gargrave southbound to Leeds (two of which require a change at Skipton), whilst northbound there are services to Carlisle (three trains per day) or Morecambe (five per day).Sundays during the summer, four trains a day go in each direction to Morecambe and Leeds, dropping to two each during the winter. There is no Sunday service to Carlisle.

rail line
previous=stnlnk|Skipton
next=stnlnk|Bell Busk
route=Midland Railway
"Little" North Western Railway
col=964B00

Notes

References

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

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