Knaresborough railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Knaresborough
code = KNA


manager = Northern Rail
locale = Knaresborough
borough = Harrogate
start = 1848
platforms = 2
usage0405 = 0.240
usage0506 = 0.249
usage0607 = 0.249

Knaresborough railway station serves the town of Knaresborough in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Harrogate Line 27 km (16¾ miles) west of York and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services.

Opened in 1848, the station is just beyond a stone viaduct crossing the River Nidd. Beyond the platforms eastbound is a tunnel which separated the station from the goods yard (now a bus depot) and the line's major junction. The Knaresborough to Boroughbridge branch (1875-1950 for passengers, 1964 for goods [Daniels G and LA Dench, "Passengers No More" Second Edition, Ian Allan Publishing 1973, ISBN 0711004382] ) diverged from the main line to York opposite the goods yard. This line continued north-east until it met the East Coast Main Line between York and Northallerton at Pilmoor. [Wignall CJ, "Complete British Railways Maps and Gazetteer from 1830-1981", First Edition, Oxford Publishing Company, Poole: 1983, ISBN 0860931625, pp38]

The station signal box is somewhat unusual in that it was built onto the end of an adjoining row of terraced houses [ [http://www.signalbox.org/gallery/ne/knaresborough.htm Knaresborough Signal Box] Accessed 2008-09-05.] - it supervises the single line section eastwards to Cattal, an adjacent level crossing and a crossover that is used to reverse those trains from Leeds that terminate here.

ervices

During Monday to Saturday off-peak, there is a half-hourly service from Knaresborough to Leeds (westbound) and an hourly service to York (eastbound).

During evenings and on Sundays, there is an hourly service in each direction.

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