Poppleton railway station

Poppleton
National Rail
General information
LocationUpper Poppleton, City of York
England
Coordinates53°58′33″N 1°08′54″W / 53.9759597°N 1.1484069°W / 53.9759597; -1.1484069
Grid referenceSE559536
Owned byNetwork Rail
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
Station codePOP
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyEast and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
30 October 1848Opened
Passengers
2018/19Increase 70,018
2019/20Increase 74,044
2020/21Decrease 14,468
2021/22Increase 56,868
2022/23Increase 72,144
Services
Preceding station Northern Following station
Hammerton
towards Leeds via Harrogate
Harrogate Line York
Terminus
Location
Poppleton is located in North Yorkshire
Poppleton
Poppleton
Location in North Yorkshire, England
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Poppleton is a railway station on the Harrogate Line, which runs between Leeds and York via Harrogate. The station, situated 2 miles 72 chains (4.7 km) west of York, serves the villages of Nether Poppleton and Upper Poppleton, City of York in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

The line is double track between Poppleton and Skelton Junction in York. West of Poppleton, the line is single track as far as Hammerton.[1]

The station 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.

In 2022-2023, the destination with the most journeys was York, with 36,554 journeys (50.7% of journeys).

  1. ^ Jacobs, Gerald (2006). Railway Track Diagrams - Eastern. Bradford-On-Avon: Trackmaps. pp. 42E. ISBN 0-9549866-2-8.

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