Gargrave
General information
Location	Gargrave, Craven England
Coordinates	53°58′42″N 2°06′18″W / 53.9782539°N 2.1050692°W / 53.9782539; -2.1050692
Grid reference	SD932535
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	GGV
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	"Little" North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (London Midland Region)
Key dates
30 July 1849	Opened
Passengers
2018/19	30,462
2019/20	33,820
2020/21	5,780
2021/22	23,644
2022/23	32,726
Location
Gargrave Location in North Yorkshire, England
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Gargrave is a railway station on the Bentham Line, which runs between Leeds and Morecambe via Skipton. The station, situated 30 miles (48 km) north-west of Leeds, serves the village of Gargrave in North Yorkshire. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

History

The station was opened on 30 July 1849 by the "Little" North Western Railway, later taken over by the Midland Railway.^[1] The original stone shelters survive on each platform, but the main wooden station building is now in private use.^[2]

Stationmasters

Facilities

The station is unstaffed, with a ticket machine and digital information screens installed as part of an ongoing upgrade process announced in 2016.^[8] Level access is only possible for southbound travellers, as the northbound platform can only be reached by steps from the road bridge.^[9]

Pennine Way

The Pennine Way, a long-distance path, crosses the railway a few hundred yards to the west of the station.

Services

Northern Trains Route 7
v t e
Bentham Line and Settle and Carlisle Line
Carlisle Armathwaite Lazonby & Kirkoswald Langwathby Appleby Kirkby Stephen Garsdale Dent Ribblehead Horton-in-Ribblesdale Settle Heysham Port Morecambe Bare Lane Lancaster Carnforth Wennington Bentham Clapham Giggleswick Long Preston Hellifield Gargrave Skipton Keighley Bingley Shipley Leeds

The service level from here in both directions was increased at the May 2018 timetable change, as a consequence of the 2015 Northern franchise award to Arriva Rail North.^[10] The improvements included two additional trains each way on the Leeds - Lancaster route on weekdays and an extra train on Sundays - these began operating on 20 May 2018 with the start of the summer timetable.

In total there are now fourteen departures northbound (up from ten prior to May 2018) - eight to Lancaster and five to Carlisle, plus one evening train to Ribblehead. Five of the Lancaster trains continue to Morecambe, but the daily direct Heysham train has now ceased. Southbound there are thirteen departures to Leeds, plus a single late evening departure to Skipton only (though this has a connection to Leeds from there).

Eight trains each way call on Sundays (five to Lancaster and Morecambe, three to Carlisle northbound).^[11]