Hellifield railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Hellifield | ||
| Local authority | Craven | ||
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| Station code | HLD | ||
| Managed by | Northern Rail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
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| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.017 million | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hellifield from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Hellifield railway station serves the village of Hellifield in North Yorkshire, England.
The station is 58 km (36ΒΌ miles) north west of Leeds on the Airedale Line towards Carlisle and Morecambe. The Ribble Valley Line from Blackburn also meets the Airedale Line at Hellifield which is managed by Northern Rail, who provide all passenger train services.
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[edit] History
Hellifield station was opened by the "Little" North Western Railway. It later became was a busy junction, with trains going to:
[edit] Service
There is a service each day from Hellifield towards Leeds southbound and Carlisle and Morecambe northbound. The interval between services southbound ranges from 30 minutes to 2 hours. Northbound the service is usually every two hours to Carlisle and Morecambe respectively.
On Sundays there is an infrequent service in both directions.
Also on Sundays in the summer, one or two trains operate from Preston along to the Ribble Valley Line via Clitheroe to Hellifield and onwards towards Carlisle. There are plans for more services from Clitheroe.
[edit] Image Gallery
 Platform 1 - showing the part of the station |
 The disused end of Hellifield station |
 Platform 1 - showing the disused end of the station |
[edit] External links
The Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hellifield railway station.
- Train times and station information for Hellifield railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Gargrave | Northern Rail Airedale Line |
Long Preston | ||
| Clitheroe (Sunday Service only) |
Northern Rail Ribble Valley Line |
Long Preston | ||
| Disused Railways | ||||
| Newsholme | L&YR Ribble Valley Line |
Terminus | ||
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