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Gargrave
General information
Location	Gargrave, North Yorkshire England
Coordinates	53°58′42″N 2°06′18″W / 53.9782539°N 2.1050692°W / 53.9782539; -2.1050692
Grid reference	SD932535
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	GGV
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	"Little" North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (London Midland Region)
Key dates
30 July 1849	Opened
Passengers
2019/20	33,820
2020/21	5,780
2021/22	23,644
2022/23	32,726
2023/24	35,182
Location GargraveLocation in North Yorkshire, England
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Gargrave is a railway station on the Bentham Line, which runs between Leeds and Morecambe via Skipton. The station, situated 30 miles (48 km) north-west of Leeds, serves the village of Gargrave in North Yorkshire. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

History

The station was opened on 30 July 1849 by the "Little" North Western Railway, later taken over by the Midland Railway. The original stone shelters survive on each platform, but the main wooden station building is now in private use.

Stationmasters

• Peter William ca. 1851
• W. Renshaw until 1861 (afterwards station master at Berkley Road)
• John Bell 1861 - ca. 1866
• W. Lewin (formerly station master at Oxenhope)
• Thomas Stone ca. 1871 - 1893
• David Bennett Smith 1893 - 1901 (afterwards station master at Manningham)
• James Staff 1901 - 1920 (formerly station master at Oxenhope)

Facilities

The station is unstaffed, digital information screens were installed as part of an ongoing upgrade process announced in 2016. Level access is only possible for southbound travellers, as the northbound platform can only be reached by steps from the road bridge.

Pennine Way

The Pennine Way, a long-distance path, crosses the railway a few hundred yards to the west of the station.

Services

Northern Trains Route 7
v t e
Settle & Carlisle & Bentham lines
Carlisle Armathwaite Lazonby & Kirkoswald Langwathby Appleby Kirkby Stephen Garsdale Dent Ribblehead Horton-in-Ribblesdale Settle Heysham Port Morecambe Bare Lane Lancaster Carnforth Wennington Bentham Clapham Giggleswick Long Preston Hellifield Gargrave Skipton Keighley Bingley Shipley Leeds

The service level from here in both directions was increased at the May 2018 timetable change, as a consequence of the 2015 Northern franchise award to Arriva Rail North. The improvements included two additional trains each way on the Leeds - Lancaster route on weekdays and an extra train on Sundays - these began operating on 20 May 2018 with the start of the summer timetable.

In total there are now fourteen departures northbound (up from ten prior to May 2018) - eight to Lancaster and five to Carlisle, plus one evening train to Ribblehead. Five of the Lancaster trains continue to Morecambe, but the daily direct Heysham train has now ceased. Southbound there are thirteen departures to Leeds, plus a single late evening departure to Skipton only (though this has a connection to Leeds from there).

Eight trains each way call on Sundays (five to Lancaster and Morecambe, three to Carlisle northbound).

References

1. Bairstow (2000), p. 96.
2. Bairstow (2000), p. 4.
3. "1859-1866". Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts: 9. 1914. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
4. ^ "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 66. 1881. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
5. ^ "1899-1908 Coaching; Piece 1026". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 135. 1899. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
6. "Mr. R Smith". Yorkshire Evening Post. England. 12 January 1901. Retrieved 12 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Golden Wedding". Bradford Observer. England. 23 March 1937. Retrieved 12 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Official Opening For New Giggleswick Shelter". Community Rail Lancashire. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
9. "Gargrave (GGV)". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
10. "Northern Franchise Improvements". DfT. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018.
11. Table 35 National Rail timetable, May 2023

Sources

• Bairstow, M. (2000). The 'Little' North Western Railway. Leeds: Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-871944-21-X.

External links

• Media related to Gargrave railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Train times and station information for Gargrave railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Skipton		Northern Trains Bentham Line		Hellifield
Skipton		Northern Trains Settle and Carlisle Line		Hellifield
	Historical railways
Skipton		Midland Railway "Little" North Western Railway		Bell Busk

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