Poppleton railway station
Poppleton 
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| Location | |
| Place | Upper Poppleton |
| Local authority | City of York |
| Coordinates | 53°58′34″N 1°08′54″W / 53.9760°N 1.1482°WCoordinates: 53°58′34″N 1°08′54″W / 53.9760°N 1.1482°W |
| Grid reference | SE559536 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | POP |
| 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 |
 62,014 |
| 2012/13 |
 66,966 |
| 2013/14 |
73,136 |
| 2014/15 |
64,330 |
| 2015/16 |
64,550 |
| 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 Poppleton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Poppleton railway station is a station serving the suburban village of Upper Poppleton in the York and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Harrogate Line 3 miles (5 km) west of York and is operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services.
The line is double track between Poppleton and Skelton Junction in York. Westwards of Poppleton station the line is single track as far as Hammerton.
The station still has a nursery (horticultural) which used to supply plants across the stations in Yorkshire pre-privatisation. A two-foot gauge railway still operates around the nursery.
The main buildings here are now privately occupied and the station is unmanned. The lack of ticket machines means that tickets need to purchased either on the train or in advance. There are shelters and digital information screens on each platform. Step-free access is available to both platforms, which are linked by the manually-operated level crossing, which still (as of 2017) retains its wooden gates and ground-level signal box.
Generally there is an hourly service (with peak extras) operated by Northern to York eastbound and Leeds via Harrogate westbound. Services travelling from Leeds continue on to York.
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