Horton-in-Ribblesdale railway station

Horton-in-Ribblesdale
Horton-in-Ribblesdale station
Location
Place	Settle
Local authority	Craven
Coordinates	54°08′58″N 2°18′07″W / 54.1494°N 2.3020°W / 54.1494; -2.3020Coordinates: 54°08′58″N 2°18′07″W / 54.1494°N 2.3020°W / 54.1494; -2.3020
Grid reference	SD803726
Operations
Station code	HIR
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	17,968
2011/12	19,008
2012/13	16,176
2013/14	15,912
2014/15	15,656
History
1876	opened
1970	closed
1986	reopened
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Horton-in-Ribblesdale from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Horton-in-Ribblesdale railway station is a small station in Horton in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, England on the Settle-Carlisle Line.

The station is served and managed by Northern as are all the trains calling at the station.

It is located near to Pen-y-ghent, one of the mountains known collectively as the Yorkshire Three Peaks. The village of Horton in Ribblesdale is approximately 6 miles (10 km) north of Settle.

In the 1950s and 1960s under stationmaster Taylor, Horton won the Best Kept Station award for seventeen consecutive years.^[1] The station lost its passenger service on 4 May 1970, but reopened in July 1986,^[2] along with several other local stations on the line under British Rail.

Service

It gets about one train every two hours in each direction - one to Leeds (seven in total) and one to Carlisle (five, plus one evening train that terminates at Ribblehead). The total is slightly imbalanced as certain services do not stop here. There is an extra train in both directions on Saturdays, whilst there are three trains a day to both Leeds and Carlisle on Sundays.^[3] Dalesrail trains between Blackpool/Preston and Carlisle (one each way) also serve the station during the summer months.

References

↑ Kevin Law (2003–2006). "Helwith Bridge to Horton in Ribblesdale". The Settle & Carlisle Railway. Retrieved 3 September 2007.
↑ "Settle - Carlisle Line Key Events". Retrieved 27 August 2008.
↑ GB National Rail Timetable Dec 2015-May 2016; Table 42

External links

Media related to Horton-in-Ribblesdale railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Train times and station information for Horton-in-Ribblesdale railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Settle		Northern Settle-Carlisle Line		Ribblehead

Railway stations in North Yorkshire

East Coast Main Line	(London Kings Cross) → → York Thirsk Northallerton → → (Edinburgh Waverley)

Northallerton to Eaglescliffe Line	Northallerton Yarm → (Eaglescliffe)

Tees Valley Line	(Bishop Auckland) → → Thornaby Middlesbrough South Bank British Steel Redcar Redcar Central Redcar East Longbeck Marske Saltburn

Esk Valley Line	Middlesbrough James Cook Marton Gypsy Lane Nunthorpe Great Ayton Battersby Kildale Commondale Castleton Moor Danby Leaholm Glaisdale Egton Grosmont Sleights Ruswarp Whitby

York to Scarborough Line	York Malton Seamer Scarborough

Hull to Scarborough Line	(Hull) → → Hunmanby Filey Seamer Scarborough

Harrogate Line	York Poppleton Hammerton Cattal Knaresborough Starbeck Harrogate Hornbeam Park Pannal Weeton → → (Leeds)

Leeds to Morecambe Line	(Leeds) → → Skipton Gargrave Hellifield Long Preston Giggleswick Clapham Bentham → → (Morecambe)

Settle to Carlisle Line	(Leeds) → → Skipton Gargrave Hellifield Long Preston Settle Horton-in-Ribblesdale Ribblehead → → (Carlisle)

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