Knaresborough  | |||||
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 View of the platforms from the railway crossing | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Knaresborough,North Yorkshire England | ||||
| Coordinates | 54°00′32″N1°28′13″W / 54.0090°N 1.4703°W /54.0090; -1.4703 | ||||
| Grid reference | SE348571 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | KNA | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 30 October 1848 | Temporary station opened atHay Park Lane, Knaresborough | ||||
| 21 July 1851 | PermanentKnaresborough station opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.439 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  0.117 million | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.387 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.464 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.506 million | ||||
Listed Building – Grade II | |||||
| Feature | Knaresborough Station | ||||
| Designated | 12 March 1986 | ||||
| Reference no. | 1277673[1] | ||||
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Knaresborough railway station is aGrade II listed[1]station serving the town ofKnaresborough inNorth Yorkshire,England. It is located on theHarrogate Line 16.75 miles (27 km) west ofYork and is operated byNorthern Trains, who provide all passenger train services.
The station is located at the north-eastern end of theKnaresborough Viaduct off Station Road to the north-west side of Knaresborough town centre. The station is within walking distance of the town centre and the western side of Knaresborough.
TheEast and West Yorkshire Junction Railway (E&WJR) was opened from York (Poppleton Junction) to a temporary terminus known asHay Park Lane, Knaresborough on 30 October 1848. The E&WYJR was absorbed by theYork and North Midland Railway on 1 July 1851. Three weeks later, with the completion of the stone viaduct crossing the River Nidd at Knaresborough on 21 July 1851, the temporary station was closed and a newKnaresborough station opened on the current site just beyond the stone viaduct.[2][3]
In 1865 theNorth Eastern Railway replaced the 1851 station with a new one designed byThomas Prosser.[4] The station was rebuilt c.1890.[5] The 1851water tower is still extant.[6]
Beyond the platforms eastbound is a tunnel which separated the station from the goods yard (now a bus depot) and the line's major junction. The Knaresborough toBoroughbridge branch (1875–1950 for passengers,[7] 1964 for goods) diverged from the main line toYork opposite the goods yard. This line continued north-east until it met theEast Coast Main Line between York andNorthallerton at Pilmoor.[8] The tunnel is still extant with both north and south portals are nowlisted structures.[9][10]
The stationsignal box supervises the single line section eastwards toCattal, an adjacent level crossing and a crossover that is used to reverse those trains from Leeds that terminate here. Built in 1890, it is unusual in that it was built onto the end of an adjoining row of terraced houses on Kirkgate. It is separately Grade II listed.[5][11] It was damaged by a runaway vehicle in July 2025.[12]
The station is unstaffed, but has a single ticket machine available on platform 1. The station buildings on the eastbound platform are in private commercial use – one of these is a cafe (sited in the old booking office) that is open to the public. Both platforms have shelters and are linked by subway and the level crossing.[13] Step-free access is via separate entrances to each platform. A long-line P.A. system and passenger information screens are in place to provide train running details.
On 5 March 2015, the Harrogate Line, amongst others in the area including the Leeds-Bradford Interchange-Halifax Line, the Selby-Hull Line and the Northallerton-Middlesbrough Line, were named top priority for electrification; the estimated cost for the Harrogate Line was £93 million, with a projected cost-benefit ratio of 1/1.80. No implementation date has been set however.[14]
Money has been set aside for the doubling of the single line sections between Knaresborough and York. This will allow capacity improvements along the whole line. The projected completion date for this work is 2018.[15]
All week, there is a half-hourly service betweenLeeds andYork (eastbound).[16] Additional services run between Leeds and Knaresborough during weekday peak periods.
During evenings, there is an hourly service in each direction.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Northern Trains | ||||
| Terminus | ||||
