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==Services==
==Services==
During Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service from [[Skipton railway station|Skipton]] to both [[Leeds railway station|Leeds]] and [[Bradford Forster Square railway station|Bradford Forster Square]] plus four departures each hour to Skipton. In the evenings there is a half-hourly service to Leeds and hourly to Bradford, with three trains per hour to Skipton. On Sundays, the service is hourly to Leeds and two-hourly to Bradford with either one or two per hour in the opposite direction.
During Monday to Saturday daytime, there is a half-hourly service from [[Skipton railway station|Skipton]] to both [[Leeds railway station|Leeds]] and [[Bradford Forster Square railway station|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.
On Sundays there is an hourly service to Leeds and a two-hourly service to Bradford with two or three trains per hour to Skipton.


These services are normally provided by [[British Rail Class 333|Class 333]] or [[British Rail Class 322|Class 322]] [[Electrical Multiple Unit|EMUs]].
These services are normally provided by [[British Rail Class 333|Class 333]] or [[British Rail Class 322|Class 322]] [[Electrical Multiple Unit|EMUs]].


Longer distance services to destinations beyound Skipton normally pass through without stopping, though the first weekday morning service to {{rws|Carlisle}} and the last evening train from {{rws|Ribblehead}} to Leeds do both serve the station. Certain early morning weekend trains on both lines also call here.<ref>GB national Rail Timetable 2013-2014, Table 36</ref>
Services towards Morecambe and Carlisle normally pass through without stopping, though the first weekday morning service to Carlisle and the last evening train from Ribblehead to Leeds both serve the station. There a few weekend trains that also call here.

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==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 06:07, 10 December 2013

Cononley
General information
LocationCraven
Managed byNorthern Rail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCEY
Fare zone7
Key dates
1847Opened
22 March 1965Closed
1988Reopened

Cononley railway station serves the village of Cononley in North Yorkshire, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Rail.

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] It was reopened in 1988 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 situated right beside Cononley main street.

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.

On Sundays there is an hourly service to Leeds and a two-hourly service to Bradford with two or three trains per hour to Skipton.

These services are normally provided by Class 333 or Class 322 EMUs.

Services towards Morecambe and Carlisle normally pass through without stopping, though the first weekday morning service to Carlisle and the last evening train from Ribblehead to Leeds both serve the station. There a few weekend trains that also call here.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Steeton and Silsden   Northern Rail
Airedale Line
  Skipton
Steeton and Silsden   Northern Rail
Leeds-Morecambe Line
  Skipton
Steeton and Silsden   Northern Rail
Settle-Carlisle Line
  Skipton
  Historical railways  
Kildwick and Crosshills
Station closed; Line open
  Midland Railway
Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway
  Skipton

Notes

  1. ^ Binns, p. 8
  2. ^ Binns, p. 23

References

  • Binns, D. (1984), Steam in Airedale, Wyvern Publications, Skipton, ISBN 0-907941-11-7