Snaith railway station
Snaith | |
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| General information | |
| Location | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | SNI |
| History | |
| Opened | 1848 |
Snaith railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Snaith in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located 26 miles (42 km) east of Leeds railway station on the Pontefract Line, between Knottingley and Goole.
History
The station was opened in April 1848 (along with the line) by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, linking the coalfields of West Yorkshire to the busy inland port at Goole. The station had two platforms and a signal box (to supervise nearby sidings and a level crossing) until the early 1980s, but only one platform here is now in use following the singling of the Hensall to Goole portion of the route. The signal box has been demolished and the crossing automated.
Services
Snaith has only a limited service - on Mondays to Saturdays, one train a day goes to Goole and two per day go to Leeds.[1] There is no Sunday service. The trains stopping at Snaith are known as parliamentary trains or "ghost trains", since they are mostly empty and only scheduled in order to avoid closing the station.[2] However, unlike "ghost trains" on some routes, Snaith's trains run at convenient times to provide a commuter service towards Leeds, and there is thus some level of local passenger use.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Table 32 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- ^ "Why Britain has secret ghost trains". BBC. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
External links
- Train times and station information for Snaith railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Northern Pontefract Line Mondays-Saturdays only |
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