Gargrave railway station

Gargrave is a railway station on the Bentham Line, which runs between Leeds and Morecambe via Skipton. The station, situated 30 mi 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. The original stone shelters survive on each platform, but the main wooden station building is now in private use.

Stationmasters

 * Peter William ca. 1851
 * W. Renshaw until 1861 (afterwards station master at Berkley Road)
 * John Bell 1861 - ca. 1866
 * W. Lewin (formerly station master at Oxenhope)
 * Thomas Stone ca. 1871 - 1893
 * David Bennett Smith 1893 - 1901 (afterwards station master at Manningham)
 * James Staff 1901 - 1920 (formerly station master at Oxenhope)



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

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

Services
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. 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).