Bentham railway station
Bentham 
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Bentham station
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| Location | |
| Place | High Bentham |
| Local authority | Craven |
| Coordinates | 54°06′56″N 2°30′38″W / 54.1155°N 2.5105°WCoordinates: 54°06′56″N 2°30′38″W / 54.1155°N 2.5105°W |
| Grid reference | SD667689 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BEN |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 25,014 |
| 2012/13 |
 24,604 |
| 2013/14 |
24,094 |
| 2014/15 |
22,832 |
| 2015/16 |
22,578 |
| History | |
| Original company | "Little" North Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 1 June 1850 | Opened as Bentham |
| 1 November 1851 | Renamed Bentham High |
| 1 May 1876 | Renamed Bentham |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bentham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Bentham railway station serves the small town of High Bentham in North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Leeds to Morecambe Line, between Wennington and Clapham, 19 miles (31 km) east of Lancaster. It is the nearest station to Ingleton, North Yorkshire.
The station was opened on 1 June 1850 by the "little" North Western Railway, later taken over by the Midland Railway. During part of the 19th century, it was known as Bentham High as the neighbouring settlement of Low Bentham also had its own station (although this only lasted for three years, being closed to passenger traffic in 1853).
The station building (built in 1955/56 after the original Midland structure was demolished by British Railways) is now privately owned, the station having been reduced to unstaffed halt status in October 1970. It has had its own community volunteer support group (The Friends of Bentham Station) since September 2011, which is based in the aforementioned building on the eastbound platform and has support from various local organisations (such as the route's Rail User Group, Craven District Council & the Leeds-Lancaster-Morecambe Line Community Rail Partnership).
Timetable posters and digital information screens on both platforms provide train running information.
All services are operated by Northern. There are five services each way on weekdays and Saturdays. Westbound, trains run to Wennington, Carnforth, Lancaster and Morecambe (including one through train to Heysham Port), whilst trains in the other direction run to Clapham, Giggleswick, Skipton and Leeds. Connections for Bradford Forster Square are available at Shipley, although through trains do operate occasionally if the line to Leeds is closed for engineering work.
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