Cononley railway station
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Location | Cononley, Craven England |
Coordinates | 53°55′02″N 2°00′43″W / 53.9173°N 2.0119°WCoordinates: 53°55′02″N 2°00′43″W / 53.9173°N 2.0119°W |
Grid reference | SD993467 |
Managed by | Northern |
Transit authority | West Yorkshire (Metro) |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | CEY |
Fare zone | 7 |
Classification | DfT category F1 |
Key dates | |
1847 | Opened |
22 March 1965 | Closed |
20 April 1988 | Reopened |
Passengers | |
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Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Cononley railway station serves the village of Cononley in North Yorkshire, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern.
It was originally opened in late 1847, at a cost of £900, by the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway.[1] It was closed on 22 March 1965,[2] though its platforms remained intact and the main buildings survived until the mid-1970s.[3]
It was reopened by British Rail on 20 April 1988 [4] at a cost of £34,000, which was borne by the county, district and local parish councils and the Rural Development Commission.
The station has two platforms and is right beside Cononley's main street. Step-free access is available to both platforms, via the level crossing at the Skipton end of the station. It is unstaffed but has now been fitted with ticket machines (one on the southbound platform and the other on the northbound side adjacent to the exit) to allow passengers to buy before travelling.[5] An automated Tannoy system and digital information screens provide train running information to passengers.
Services[]
During Monday to Saturday daytime, there is a half-hourly service from Skipton to both Leeds and Bradford Forster Square and four trains an hour towards Skipton. In the evenings there is a half-hourly service to Leeds, an hourly service to Bradford Forster Square and three trains per hour to Skipton.[6]
On Sundays is an hourly service to Leeds and Bradford with two trains per hour to Skipton.
These services are normally provided by Class 333 or Class 331 sets.[citation needed]
Services towards Morecambe and Carlisle normally pass through without stopping, but the first morning service to Carlisle and the last evening train from Ribblehead to Leeds each serve the station. One train to both Morecambe and Carlisle stop here on Sunday mornings.[7]
Preceding station | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Steeton and Silsden | Northern Airedale Line |
Skipton | ||
Steeton and Silsden | Northern Leeds-Morecambe Line |
Skipton | ||
Steeton and Silsden | Northern Settle-Carlisle Line |
Skipton | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Kildwick and Crosshills Station closed; Line open |
Midland Railway Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway |
Skipton |
Notes[]
- ^ Binns 1984, p. 8.
- ^ Binns 1984, p. 23.
- ^ Shipley to Skipton - Cononley (1975) Lost Railways - West Yorkshire; Retrieved 1 December 2016
- ^ Petersfield, David (1995). "Cononley". Railscot.
- ^ Cononley station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 29 November 2016
- ^ GB National Rail Timetable December 2019 Edition, Table 36 (Network Rail)
- ^ Northern Rail Timetable 36 - Skipton to Leeds and Bradford, 16 May to 11 December 2021 Northern Rai website; Retrieved 16 June 2021
References[]
- Binns, D. (1984). Steam in Airedale. Skipton: Wyvern Publications. ISBN 0-907941-11-7.
External links[]
Media related to Cononley railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Train times and station information for Cononley railway station from National Rail
- Railway stations in North Yorkshire
- Craven District
- Former Midland Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1847
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1988
- Reopened railway stations in Great Britain
- Northern franchise railway stations
- Beeching closures in England
- 1847 establishments in England
- Yorkshire and the Humber railway station stubs