Skipton railway station
Skipton 
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| Location | |
| Place | Skipton |
| Local authority | Craven |
| Coordinates | 53°57′31″N 2°01′35″W / 53.9586°N 2.0264°WCoordinates: 53°57′31″N 2°01′35″W / 53.9586°N 2.0264°W |
| Grid reference | SD983513 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SKI |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.949 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.944 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.002 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.106 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.091 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) |
| Zone | 7 |
| History | |
| Original company | Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 1847 | Opened |
| 1876 | Relocated |
| 1888 | Ilkley platforms added |
| 1965 | Ilkley platforms closed |
| Listed status | |
| Listed feature | Skipton Railway Station |
| Listing grade | Grade II listed |
| Entry number | 1249186 |
| Added to list | 4 April 1991 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Skipton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Skipton railway station is a Grade II listed station which serves the town of Skipton in North Yorkshire, England on the Airedale Line. It is operated by Northern and is situated 27 miles (43 km) north-west of Leeds.
The station has four platforms and links Skipton to Leeds, Bradford, Carlisle, Lancaster and Morecambe. It is staffed on a part-time basis and a ticket office is available at most times (along with automatic ticket machines). Step-free access is available to all platforms from the station entrance (platforms three and four via subway). Skipton comes under the Dales Railcard. There are four seated waiting rooms available and luggage trolleys, along with a small café, toilets, a post box and a pay-phone. There is a taxi rank situated immediately outside the station, bus links nearby and the car park has spaces for 100 vehicles. The station is located on Broughton Road.
As the "Gateway to the Yorkshire Dales", Skipton historically has had high volumes of leisure traffic. Ilkley railway station serves as an alternative for this function being at the southern end of the Dales Way.
The original station was opened on 7 September 1847 by the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway, as a temporary terminus of its line from Bradford. The line was extended to Colne a year later on 2 October 1848.
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