Skipton railway station

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Skipton
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General information
Location Skipton, North Yorkshire
England
Coordinates 53°57′31″N2°01′35″W / 53.9586°N 2.0264°W / 53.9586; -2.0264
Grid reference SD983513
Owned by Network Rail
Managed by Northern Trains
Transit authority West Yorkshire (Metro)
Platforms4
Other information
Station codeSKI
Fare zone7
Classification DfT category D
History
Original company Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1847Opened
1876Relocated
1888Ilkley platforms added
1965Ilkley platforms closed
Passengers
2019/20Decrease2.svg 1.212 million
Northern Trains
Route 7
Settle & Carlisle
& Bentham lines
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Carlisle
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Armathwaite
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Lazonby & Kirkoswald
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Langwathby
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Appleby
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Kirkby Stephen
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Garsdale
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Dent
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Ribblehead
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Horton-in-Ribblesdale
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Settle
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Heysham Port
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Morecambe
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Bare Lane
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Lancaster
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Carnforth
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Wennington
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Bentham
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Clapham
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Giggleswick
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Long Preston
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Hellifield
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Gargrave
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Skipton
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Keighley
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Bingley
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Shipley
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Leeds

Skipton is served by two train operating companies.

Northern Trains operates services on the following routes: [27]

London North Eastern Railway operates a daily return service from Skipton to London King's Cross, via Leeds; the morning southbound train does not run on Sundays. [28]

Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Keighley   London North Eastern Railway
East Coast Main Line
(Limited service)
 Terminus
Keighley   Northern Trains
Leeds to Morecambe Line
  Gargrave
Keighley   Northern Trains
Settle-Carlisle Line
  Gargrave
Cononley   Northern Trains
Airedale Line
 Terminus
  Historical railways  
Embsay   Midland Railway
Skipton to Ilkley Line
 Terminus
Rylstone   Midland Railway
Yorkshire Dales Railway
 Terminus
Cononley   Midland Railway
Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway
  Elslack
Terminus  Midland Railway
"Little" North Western Railway
  Gargrave

Future

Skipton is likely to see changes over coming years, in order to cope with expected growth:

Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway

Since preservation, the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway has held long-term plans to extend into Skipton.

The Ilkley-bound platforms (5 & 6) were made redundant in 1965; however, Network Rail has carried out a survey for the reinstatement of the connecting points between the Embsay line and the freight line to Grassington, and the reinstatement of the platform 5 at Skipton. If funding is made available, then the line could be extended. [36]

Platform 6 may also be reinstated as a run-round loop as part of the project.

References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "Skipton Railway Station (1249186)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Binns, p. 8
  3. 1 2 Bairstow, p. 96
  4. "Out of Oblivion". Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
  5. "Hotels and B&Bs in Yorkshire". Yorkshire Tourist Board. 27 August 2007. Archived from the original on 10 August 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
  6. 1 2 Binns, p. 12
  7. Bairstow, p. 28
  8. Binns, p. 19
  9. 1 2 3 Bairstow, p. 4
  10. Binns, pp. 12–13
  11. Smith & Binns, p. 5
  12. 1 2 Smith & Binns, p. 8
  13. Smith & Bairstow, p. 6
  14. Awdry, p. 112
  15. Smith & Binns, p. 22
  16. Suggitt, p. 75
  17. "Ride presses for train link". Telegraph & Argus. 24 October 2007. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
  18. The Rail Engineer – Skipton Expansion Wordsworth, Nigel; The Rail Engineer 20 February 2012; Retrieved 20 December 2013
  19. "Station gets ready for first InterCity service". Telegraph & Argus. 2 May 1998. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
  20. "Children turn out to greet royal visitor". Telegraph & Argus. 27 February 2005. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
  21. Golby, M (8 February 2007). "Filthy Station". Craven Herald & Pioneer. Archived from the original on 8 October 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
  22. "£2,000 reward offered after railway assault". Telegraph & Argus. 5 September 2003. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  23. "Railfuture EC Eureka Correspondence" (PDF). Railfuture. 9 December 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  24. "London-Harrogate service returns". Harrogate Advertiser. Johnston Publishing. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  25. New Northern penalty fares will tackle ticket evaders on the Airedale and Wharfedale lines Griffiths, K Telegraph & Argus news article 21 November 2017; Retrieved 11 December 2017
  26. Skipton station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 1 December 2016
  27. "Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern". Northern Railway. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  28. "Our timetables". LNER. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  29. "Move to improve rail services".
  30. "Yorkshire and Humber RUS draft for consultation" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
  31. "Network Rail Strategic Business Plan for North Transpennine Area 2008" (PDF).
  32. "Network Rail Route Utilisation Strategy: Lancashire and Cumbria (Draft)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  33. "Lancashire & Cumbria RUS Final version" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
  34. "Skipton Bus Services". Bus Times. 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  35. "Minutes of the Craven District Council Overview & Scrutiny Corporate Sub-group". Craven District Council. 15 February 2006. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
  36. Today's Railways UK issue 86

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