Poppleton railway station
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Upper Poppleton, City of York England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°58′34″N 1°08′54″W / 53.9760°N 1.1482°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SE559536 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | POP | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1848 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2015/16 |  64,550 | ||||
| 2016/17 |  61,456 | ||||
| 2017/18 | 67,734 | ||||
| 2018/19 | 70,018 | ||||
| 2019/20 | 74,044 | ||||
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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 Trains 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. The lack of ticket machines means that tickets need to be purchased either 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, which still (as of 2017) retains its wooden gates and ground-level signal box.[4]
Services
Generally there is an hourly service (with peak extras) operated by Northern to York eastbound and Leeds via Harrogate westbound. Services travelling from Leeds continue on to York.[5]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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References
- ^ Jacobs, Gerald (2006). Railway Track Diagrams - Eastern. Bradford-On-Avon: Trackmaps. pp. 42E. ISBN 0-9549866-2-8.
- ^ "Poppleton Community Railway Nursery | Home". www.poppletonrailwaynursery.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ Poppleton station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 30 November 2016
- ^ Poppleton station Thomas, J Geograph.org; Retrieved 30 November 2016
- ^ GB National Rail Timetable December 2016 - May 2017, Table 35
External links
- Train times and station information for Poppleton railway station from National Rail
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