Horton-in-Ribblesdale railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Horton-in-Ribblesdale


code = HIR
manager = Northern Rail
locale = Settle
borough = Craven
lowusage0405 = 14,604
lowusage0506 = 14,049
lowusage0607 = 13,682
platforms = 2
start = July 1986 (re-opened)

Horton-in-Ribblesdale railway station is a small station in Horton in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, England on the Settle-Carlisle Line. The station is served and managed by Northern Rail as are all the trains calling at the station.

It is located near to Pen-y-ghent, one of the mountains known collectively as the Yorkshire Three Peaks. The village of Horton in Ribblesdale is about convert|6|mi|km north of Settle.

In the 1950s and 60s under Stationmaster Taylor, Horton won the "Best Kept Station" award for seventeen consecutive years.cite web|url=http://www.railwayphotos.net/helwith_bridge-horton.html|title=Helwith Bridge to Horton in Ribblesdale|work=The Settle & Carlisle Railway|year=2003-2006|author=Kevin Law|accessdate=2007-09-03] . The station lost its passenger service on 4 May 1970, but reopened in July 1986 [ [http://www.settlecarlislerailway.co.uk/a200_settle_carlisle_events.html Settle - Carlisle Line Key Events] . Retrieved 2008-08-27] along with several other local stations on the line.

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It gets about one train every two hours in each direction. One to Leeds (six in total) and one to Carlisle (five). There is an extra train in both directions on Saturdays, whilst there are three trains a day to both Leeds and Carlisle on Sundays. Dalesrail trains between Blackpool/Preston and Carlisle (two each way) also serve the station during the summer months.

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