Hornbeam Park railway station
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| Location | Harrogate, North Yorkshire England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°58′49″N 1°31′40″W / 53.9803587°N 1.5276765°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SE311538 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Transit authority | West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | HBP | ||||
| Fare zone | 6 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
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| Original company | British Rail (Regional Railways) | ||||
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| 24 August 1992 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  86,936 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.264 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.326 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.368 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 0.458 million | ||||
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Hornbeam Park is a railway station on the Harrogate Line, which runs between Leeds and York via Harrogate. The station, situated 17+1⁄4 miles (28 km) north of Leeds, and serves the spa town of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
History
[edit]The funding for the station was shared between Harrogate Council, North Yorkshire Council, Hornbeam Business Park, Harrogate College of Arts and Technology and the Homeowners Friendly Society. The land for the station was given by ICI. Construction started at the end of March 1992.[1] The station was built at a cost of £413,000 (equivalent to £911,315 in 2025)[2] and was opened by gardening expert and broadcaster Geoffrey Smith who planted a hornbeam tree in the presence of the Mayor of Harrogate, Barbara Hillier.[3] It opened to traffic on 24 August 1992.
It is located just to the south of the junction where the original line left to go to the terminus station at Harrogate Brunswick.[4]
Access to both platforms is step-free, and although the station is unstaffed (so ticket must be purchased on the train), ramps are available for access to the trains from the platforms. The station has basic shelters on each platform (which are offset from each other) and train running details are provided via automatic announcements, timetable posters and CIS displays.[5]
Services
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As of the May 2023 timetable change, the station is served by two trains per hour between Leeds and York via Harrogate and Knaresborough all week (including Sundays). Additional services operate at peak time, whilst the evening service drops to hourly and the last two eastbound trains terminate at Harrogate. All services are operated by Northern Trains.[6]
Rolling stock used: British Rail Class 150, British Rail Class 155, Class 158 Express Sprinter and Class 170 Turbostar
References
[edit]- ↑ "Action Stations". Knaresborough Post. United Kingdom. 13 March 1992. Retrieved 12 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ UK Consumer Price Index inflation figures from 1209–2024 based on data from "Inflation calculator". Bank of England. London. 18 February 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
- ↑ "Hornbeam rail halt to open Monday". Harrogate Advertiser and Weekly List of the Visitors. United Kingdom. 21 August 1992. Retrieved 12 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Bairstow, Martin (2022). Railways through Harrogate. Farsley: Bairstow. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-871944-49-5.
- ↑ "Station facilities for Hornbeam Park". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ↑ Table 33 National Rail timetable, May 2023
External links
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Media related to Hornbeam Park railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Train times and station information for Hornbeam Park railway station from National Rail
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