Rawcliffe  | |||||
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| Location | Rawcliffe, East Riding of Yorkshire England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°41′20″N0°57′32″W / 53.68902°N 0.95900°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SE687218 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
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| Station code | RWC | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 April 1848 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  330 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 36 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  218 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 442 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 498 | ||||
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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.
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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 on 1 April 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]
