Harrogate railway station

Harrogate
Harrogate railway station sign
Location
Place	Harrogate
Local authority	Harrogate
Coordinates	53.993309°N 1.537372°W / 53.993309; -1.537372
Grid reference	SE304553
Operations
Station code	HGT
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	1.055 million
2005/06 *	1.097 million
2006/07 *	1.142 million
2007/08 *	1.180 million
2008/09 *	1.204 million
2009/10 *	1.220 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone	6
History
Opened 1 August 1862 (1 August 1862)
History
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Harrogate from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Harrogate railway station serves the town centre of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Harrogate Line 18.25 miles (29 km) north of Leeds railway station. Northern Rail operate the station and provide nearly all passenger train services except a daily East Coast service to and from London Kings Cross.

History

The station opened for traffic on 1 August 1862. The capacity was increased in 1883 when it was lengthened by 100 yards

The station was largely demolished in 1964/65 and replaced with a more utilitarian one.

Facilities

There is a staffed ticket office open seven days a week. Also at the station are also a newsagent, key cutters, ATMs, photo booths and a waiting room. All of the facilities are located on the main concourse on Platform 1. There are 3 platforms, but only platforms 1 and 3 are used regularly because the bay platform 2 faces in the direction of Knaresborough and York, and no train to either destination originates from Harrogate.

Services

The Monday to Saturday daytime service is generally a half-hourly from Harrogate to Leeds (southbound) calling at all stations and to Knaresborough (eastbound) on the Harrogate Line with an hourly service onwards to York also calling at all stations en route.

Services double in frequency at peak time to Leeds, resulting in 4tph (trains per hour) with 1tph running fast to Horsforth. There are 4tph in the opposite direction between 16:29 and 18:00 from Leeds with one running fast from Horsforth to Harrogate.

Evenings and Sundays there is generally an hourly service from Leeds through Harrogate towards Knaresborough and York.

East Coast operates a daily service starting in Harrogate towards Leeds, stopping once at Horsforth, then onto London King's Cross. The evening service from London King's Cross to Harrogate does not call at Horsforth.

There are proposals to create another station between Harrogate and Starbeck at Bilton.

Most trains are operated by Class 150 DMUs although Class 142, 144 & 153 are also found; Class 155 units are also fairly common and occasionally Class 158 units are used. There are two High Speed Trains per day to and from London Kings Cross via Leeds respectively.

Harrogate (Brunswick) station

Plaque marking the site of Harrogate Brunswick Railway Station

Harrogate's first railway station, Brunswick, was the end of the branch line of the York and North Midland Railway and the first train arrived at Brunswick Station on 20 July 1848. This station was situated on the site where Trinity Church now stands, close to the Prince of Wales roundabout and some distance from either High or Low Harrogate. When the new line of the North Eastern Railway entered Harrogate via a cutting through The Stray, Brunswick was closed and the first train into the town centre station was on 1 August 1862.

Harrogate station's platforms and tracks, seen from the pedestrian overbridge.

Former routes

• Church Fenton - This route ran via Wetherby, where it interchanged with the Cross Gates to Wetherby line (closed in January 1964)

• Northallerton - This route ran via Ripon (closed to passengers in 1967 and completely in 1969) with a spur off to Pateley Bridge

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Horsforth		East Coast East Coast Main Line (Limited Service)		Terminus
Leeds
Hornbeam Park		Northern Rail Harrogate Line		Starbeck