Cononley railway station

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Template other Cononley railway station serves the village of Cononley in North Yorkshire, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Trains.

History

The station was first opened in late 1847, at a cost of £900, by the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway.Template:Sfn It was closed on 22 March 1965,Template:Sfn though its platforms remained intact and the main buildings survived until the mid-1970s.

It was reopened by British Rail on 20 April 1988 at a cost of £34,000, which was borne by the county, district and local parish councils and the Rural Development Commission.

Facilities

The station has two platforms and is right beside Cononley's main street. Step-free access is available to both platforms, via the level crossing at the Skipton end of the station. It is unstaffed, but has now been fitted with ticket machines (one on the southbound platform and the other on the northbound side adjacent to the exit) to allow passengers to buy before travelling. An automated tannoy system and digital information screens provide train running information to passengers.

Services

During Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service to Template:Rws and hourly to Template:Rws, with three trains per hour towards Template:Rws. The Bradford service was reduced from every 30 minutes back to hourly at the spring 2023 timetable change, though it still runs at this increased frequency at peak periods.

On Sundays is an hourly service to Leeds and Bradford with two trains per hour to Skipton.

These services are normally provided by Class 333 or Class 331 electric multiple units.

Services towards Template:Rws and Template:Rws normally pass through without stopping; however, the first morning services to Carlisle and Template:Rws, plus the last evening train from Template:Rws to Leeds, each serve the station. One train to both Morecambe and Carlisle stop here on Sunday mornings.

Preceding station	National Rail National Rail			Following station
Steeton and Silsden	style="background:#Template:Northern colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Northern Airedale Line	style="background:#Template:Northern colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Skipton
Steeton and Silsden	style="background:#Template:Northern colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Northern Leeds-Morecambe Line	style="background:#Template:Northern colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Skipton
Steeton and Silsden	style="background:#Template:Northern colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Northern Settle-Carlisle Line	style="background:#Template:Northern colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Skipton
	Historical railways
Kildwick and Crosshills Station closed; Line open	style="background:#Template:MR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Midland Railway Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway	style="background:#Template:MR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Skipton

External links

• Train times and station information for Cononley railway station from National Rail