Rawcliffe railway station
Rawcliffe  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Rawcliffe |
| Local authority | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Coordinates | 53°41′20″N 0°57′32″W / 53.68902°N 0.95900°WCoordinates: 53°41′20″N 0°57′32″W / 53.68902°N 0.95900°W |
| Grid reference | SE687218 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | RWC |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | F2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |
 248 |
| 2011/12 |
 260 |
| 2012/13 |
170 |
| 2013/14 |
314 |
| 2014/15 |
616 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1848 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Rawcliffe from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Rawcliffe railway station is a railway station that serves the village of Rawcliffe in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The station is located on the Pontefract Line and is 28 miles (45 km) east of Leeds.
The line passing through here was once a busy passenger & freight link to the inland port of Goole (the line & station first being opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1848) but since the mid-1980s much of the traffic that once used this route has disappeared. The route is single track between Hensall & Goole and the rail-served freight terminal in Goole docks sees little use.
The former five trains each way per day service of the late 1980s (see BR National Passenger Timetables from May 1988-90) was cut in half in 1991 (due to shortage of rolling stock) and again in 2004, leaving only a residual "Parliamentary" minimum timetable in operation east of Knottingley to avoid the need for statutory closure proceedings - a situation that remains unchanged to this day.[1]
Services
Rawcliffe has a very limited service. One train a day goes to Goole and two trains a day go to Leeds, Mondays to Saturdays.[2] There is no service on Sundays.
References
- ↑ "The ghost trains haunting Britain’s rail network" Freeman, Sarah Yorkshire Post 28 April 2015; Retrieved 19 July 2016
- ↑ Table 32 National Rail timetable, May 2016
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rawcliffe railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Rawcliffe railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Northern Pontefract Line Mondays-Saturdays only |