Station usage in North Yorkshire

Last updated January 01, 2023

This is a list of railway stations in North Yorkshire, with estimated usage figures gathered from data collected by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). As of May 2020, there are 58 stations located within the county of North Yorkshire, from which around 21.27 million passenger journeys were made during 2018–19.^[1]

Railway station usage in North Yorkshire
Station	Usage ranking	Operated by	Constituency	Journey(s) 2018–19	Journey(s) 2017–18	Journey(s) 2016–17	Journey(s) 2015–16
York	1	LNER	York Central	9,990,538	9,832,168	9,264,090	8,848,652
Harrogate	2	Northern Trains	Harrogate and Knaresborough	1,661,406	1,697,834	1,649,306	1,558,124
Middlesbrough	3	TransPennine Express	Middlesbrough	1,289,866	1,312,870	1,356,282	1,331,452
Skipton	4	Northern Trains	Skipton and Ripon	1,217,432	1,206,474	1,137,700	1,090,808
Scarborough	5	TransPennine Express	Scarborough and Whitby	958,026	989,952	979,098	940,706
Northallerton	6	TransPennine Express	Richmond	717,638	715,256	705,876	688,950
Selby	7	TransPennine Express	Selby and Ainsty	656,086	650,572	633,430	610,438
Thornaby	8	TransPennine Express	Stockton South	591,322	602,024	633,960	609,152
Knaresborough	9	Northern Trains	Harrogate and Knaresborough	410,710	386,062	383,118	349,516
Hornbeam Park	10	Northern Trains	Harrogate and Knaresborough	397,636	388,238	373,670	352,614
Malton	11	TransPennine Express	Thirsk and Malton	363,136	369,396	353,920	350,424
Redcar Central	12	Northern Trains	Redcar	324,050	344,482	347,570	342,686
Saltburn	13	Northern Trains	Middlesbrough South	240,932	237,460	244,258	250,472
Thirsk	14	TransPennine Express	Thirsk and Malton	230,042	235,438	223,610	218,308
Starbeck	15	Northern Trains	Harrogate and Knaresborough	206,654	199,984	186,198	172,940
South Milford	16	Northern Trains	Selby and Ainsty	173,438	171,598	156,198	138,458
Pannal	17	Northern Trains	Harrogate and Knaresborough	162,986	158,824	162,026	164,590
Seamer	18	TransPennine Express	Scarborough and Whitby	144,668	147,356	137,594	127,816
Yarm	19	TransPennine Express	Stockton South	139,804	149,314	147,058	135,364
Settle	20	Northern Trains	Skipton and Ripon	139,442	141,342	120,190	132,718
Whitby	21	Northern Trains	Scarborough and Whitby	130,900	138,490	131,810	137,196
Redcar East	22	Northern Trains	Redcar	106,250	103,974	114,862	116,230
Filey	23	Northern Trains	Thirsk and Malton	105,844	120,534	122,776	119,506
Church Fenton	24	Northern Trains	Selby and Ainsty	93,088	75,946	71,180	71,354
Weeton	25	Northern Trains	Selby and Ainsty	77,718	79,062	82,462	74,096
Poppleton	26	Northern Trains	York Outer	70,018	67,734	61,456	64,550
Marske	27	Northern Trains	Redcar	64,460	73,028	74,254	76,030
Cattal	28	Northern Trains	Selby and Ainsty	61,356	61,406	60,646	60,234
Sherburn-in-Elmet	29	Northern Trains	Selby and Ainsty	59,632	51,986	47,488	50,132
Longbeck	30	Northern Trains	Redcar	47,282	47,240	45,018	43,170
James Cook	31	Northern Trains	Middlesbrough	37,080	33,774	31,402	31,578
Nunthorpe	32	Northern Trains	Redcar	36,346	34,596	35,814	35,766
Gypsy Lane	33	Northern Trains	Redcar	31,204	33,298	32,996	30,338
Gargrave	34	Northern Trains	Skipton and Ripon	30,462	29,898	27,856	26,570
Hammerton	35	Northern Trains	Selby and Ainsty	28,586	25,824	26,086	25,918
Bentham	36	Northern Trains	Skipton and Ripon	26,424	24,148	23,630	22,578
Hellifield	37	Northern Trains	Skipton and Ripon	24,490	26,238	26,916	26,896
Glaisdale	38	Northern Trains	Scarborough and Whitby	23,316	20,140	18,298	18,754
South Bank	39	Northern Trains	Redcar	23,282	21,424	23,926	21,846
Hunmanby	40	Northern Trains	Thirsk and Malton	22,704	24,742	23,792	25,116
Ribblehead	41	Northern Trains	Skipton and Ripon	19,260	21,396	17,734	18,930
Horton-in-Ribblesdale	42	Northern Trains	Skipton and Ripon	18,968	16,720	16,112	16,096
Lealholm	43	Northern Trains	Scarborough and Whitby	15,250	16,298	17,358	18,102
Marton	44	Northern Trains	Redcar	14,774	13,356	13,696	13,512
Grosmont	45	Northern Trains	Scarborough and Whitby	12,390	13,912	13,514	15,172
Egton	46	Northern Trains	Scarborough and Whitby	11,698	12,878	12,088	13,724
Long Preston	47	Northern Trains	Skipton and Ripon	11,670	11,830	13,070	13,918
Giggleswick	48	Northern Trains	Skipton and Ripon	9,962	10,936	11,408	12,918
Great Ayton	49	Northern Trains	Richmond	7,726	7,322	6,890	7,100
Ulleskelf	50	Northern Trains	Selby and Ainsty	7,256	7,480	8,376	6,910
Clapham	51	Northern Trains	Skipton and Ripon	6,576	6,688	7,442	6,654
Danby	52	Northern Trains	Scarborough and Whitby	6,184	6,810	6,334	7,084
Castleton Moor	53	Northern Trains	Scarborough and Whitby	4,928	6,182	5,444	4,930
Sleights	54	Northern Trains	Scarborough and Whitby	4,182	4,254	4,188	4,122
Ruswarp	55	Northern Trains	Scarborough and Whitby	2,404	2,686	2,568	2,966
Commondale	56	Northern Trains	Scarborough and Whitby	2,344	1,888	3,754	5,232
Battersby	57	Northern Trains	Richmond	1,520	1,564	1,660	1,458
Kildale	58	Northern Trains	Richmond	1,468	1,630	1,416	1,610

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Railway stations in North Yorkshire

Kildale , on the Esk Valley Line, is the least-used station in North Yorkshire.
James Cook opened in May 2014, and is the newest station is North Yorkshire.
The station at Ribblehead is located to the south of the Ribblehead Viaduct.
The station at Whitby (formerly Whitby Town) dates back to June 1835.
York , on the East Coast Main Line, is the most-used station in North Yorkshire.

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