Cononley railway station

Cononley
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Location
Place	Cononley
Local authority	Craven
Coordinates
Grid reference	SD993467
Operations
Station code	CEY
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	87,600
2005/06	99,020
2006/07	107,917
2007/08	127,910
2008/09	0.136 million
2009/10	0.131 million
2010/11	0.142 million
2011/12	0.152 million
2012/13	0.155 million
2013/14	0.170 million
2014/15	0.186 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone	7
History
1847	Opened
22 March 1965	Closed
1988	Reopened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cononley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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. It was closed on 22 March 1965. It was reopened by British Rail 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 one or two 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. One early morning service to Lancaster calls on a Saturday and one to both Morecambe & Carlisle stops here on Sunday mornings.

Preceding station	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

References

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

External links

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