Poppleton railway station

Poppleton
Location
Place	Upper Poppleton
Local authority	City of York
Coordinates	53°58′34″N 1°08′54″W / 53.9760°N 1.1482°WCoordinates: 53°58′34″N 1°08′54″W / 53.9760°N 1.1482°W
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 from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	62,540
2011/12	62,014
2012/13	66,966
2013/14	73,136
2014/15	64,330
History
Key dates	Opened 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]

Facilities

The main buildings here are now privately occupied and the station is unmanned. Ticket machines are not available, so anyone wishing to travel must purchase tickets need to do so on the train or in advance.^[3] There are shelters and digital information screens on each platform. Step-free access is available to both platforms, which are linked by the manually-operated level crossing - this still (as of 2016) retains its wooden gates and ground-level signal box.^[4]

Services

Generally there is an hourly service operated by Northern to York eastbound and Leeds via Harrogate westbound. Services travelling from Leeds continue on to York.^[5]

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.
3. Poppleton station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 30 November 2016
4. Poppleton station Thomas, J Geograph.org; Retrieved 30 November 2016
5. GB National Rail Timetable May 2016, Table 35

External links

• Train times and station information for Poppleton railway station from National Rail