Poppleton railway station

Poppleton National Rail
Location
Place Upper Poppleton
Local authority City of York
Coordinates 53°58′34″N 1°08′54″W / 53.9760°N 1.1482°W / 53.9760; -1.1482Coordinates: 53°58′34″N 1°08′54″W / 53.9760°N 1.1482°W / 53.9760; -1.1482
Grid reference SE559536
Operations
Station code POP
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Decrease 62,540
2011/12 Decrease 62,014
2012/13 Increase 66,966
2013/14 Increase 73,136
2014/15 Decrease 64,330
History
Key dates Opened 1848 (1848)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Poppleton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Poppleton railway station is a station serving the suburban village of Upper Poppleton in the York and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Harrogate Line 3 miles (5 km) west of York and is operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services.

The line is double track between Poppleton and Skelton Junction in York. Westwards of Poppleton station the line is single track as far as Hammerton.[1]

The station still has a nursery (horticultural) which used to supply plants across the stations in Yorkshire pre-privatisation. A two-foot gauge railway still operates around the nursery.[2]

Services

Generally there is an hourly service to York eastbound and Leeds via Harrogate westbound. Services travelling from Leeds continue on to York.

References

  1. Jacobs, Gerald (2006). Railway Track Diagrams - Eastern. Bradford-On-Avon: Trackmaps. pp. 42E. ISBN 0-9549866-2-8.
  2. "Poppleton Community Railway Nursery | Home". www.poppletonrailwaynursery.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2015.

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Preceding station National Rail Following station
Hammerton   Northern
Harrogate Line
  York


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