Horton-in-Ribblesdale railway station
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Horton-in-Ribblesdale | |||
 |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | |||
| Place | Settle | ||
| Local authority | Craven | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | HIR | ||
| Managed by | Northern Rail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 14,604 | ||
| 2005/06 * | 14,049 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened July 1986 (re-opened) | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Horton-in-Ribblesdale from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
|
|||
Horton-in-Ribblesdale railway station is a small station in Horton in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, England on the Settle-Carlisle Line.
The station is served and managed by Northern Rail as are all the trains calling at the station.
It is located near to Pen-y-ghent, one of the mountains known collectively as the Yorkshire Three Peaks. The village of Horton in Ribblesdale is about 6 miles (10 km) north of Settle.
In the 1950s and 60s under Stationmaster Taylor, Horton won the Best Kept Station award for seventeen consecutive years.[1]
[edit] Service
It gets about one train every two hours in each direction. One to Leeds and one to Carlisle.
[edit] References
- ^ Kevin Law (2003-2006). Helwith Bridge to Horton in Ribblesdale. The Settle & Carlisle Railway. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Horton-in-Ribblesdale railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settle | Northern Rail Settle-Carlisle Line |
Ribblehead | ||
 |
This article on a railway station in Yorkshire and the Humber is a stub. You can help by expanding it. |
